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Ice Cathedral redux

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Canyon wall covered with icicles over an old abandoned railway.

Same location as this deviation but four weeks later and different lighting.

Again highly experimental photoshoot, this time under adverse conditions: The path leading to this spot was covered in up to 10 inches of crusted snow and during the shoot we had a constant, fine icy drizzle. Temperatures being just below freezing point.
I've set up one remote flash with bounce card on a tripod about 4ft above the ground just outside the picture on the right and another remote flash just outside the lower left edge of the picture, wrapped around a branch using a GorillaPOD clamping tripod, pointed directly at the icicles.
I set up the camera in a hurry on another tripod and made a few shots with different lighting settings.
After about 15 minutes, I had to quickly pack everything together and take refuge in the nearby tunnel to save my equipment. My flashes were dripping wet, the tripods crusted in snow and the lower edge of the lens hood had gathered several millimeters of snow!
That were most certainly the nastiest conditions I've put my equipment through so far.


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Photo taken with a Sony Alpha 700 using a Tamron 17-50/2.8 lens on a Manfrotto tripod. Lighting using two wireless Metz flashes and a big MagLite 3D LED torch. Long time exposure.
Image size
1024x683px 335.36 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSLR-A700
Shutter Speed
25/1 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
17 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Feb 13, 2010, 8:30:01 PM
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