the broken tree, a photo from Ontario, Central

Photographer's Note

The broken tree covered by ice, after ice storm.
Freezing rain can happen anytime from fall to spring. It develops when snow falls through a layer of warm air, melts and turns to rain. The rain continues to fall and then passes through a layer of cold air. The cold air, in turn, cools the rain until its temperature falls below freezing. Oddly enough, the rain does not freeze. This is called supercooling. When these supercooled droplets hits the ground, wire or branches, it freezes instantly.
Freezing rain can cause power outages and millions of dollars of damage,
North America's worst ice storms are commonly associated with slow-moving low-pressure systems having very large temperature differences between colliding warm, moist Gulf air and very cold Arctic air in their northeastern sector. When these storm systems stall for an extended period over one region, heavy, accumulations of ice may blanket a region, causing much destruction. The great ice storm that hit New England and Quebec in 1998 is an extreme example of a stalled storm.
Canadians had never before endured a natural disaster like the ice storm of 1998. A difficult morning of car scraping quickly turned into a state of emergency from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec. Millions huddled in the dark by their fireplaces. Many suffered from hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. Heavy ice sheets toppled huge power pylons and in just six days an electrical system that took decades to create was razed.

Elise_d, Galmeida, jpdeloof, robiuk, avigur_11, supereira, jmdaoudal, kdien, AEG, phi729 ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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tontonjc (6623) 2005-02-20 16:27

Splendide sculpture de glace avec ce joli dégradé orangée. J'aime beaucoup cette composition.

Bravo

Ina (2687) 2005-02-20 16:39

This is truly amazing... Your colors and ballance in this pisture is simply perfect... I love it... So warm colors and jet so very freezing... This is one in a million... I will add this picture as one of my favorites... TFS ...

htremblay (1666) 2005-02-20 16:56

Cette lumière est superbe, les contrastes magnifiques. Les clairs obscurs sont très bien définis. Belle réussite.
This light is superb, splendid contrasts. Obscure lights are very well defined. Beautiful success

Elise_d (1943) 2005-02-20 17:03

J'aime aussi beaucoup la lumière et les contrastes. Belle compo de nature, bravo.

poulinp (4528) 2005-02-20 17:06

I like the luminosity here. Your exposition was perfect. Great shot!

Galmeida (12559) 2005-02-20 17:08

Another fantastic quality photo in your ice "Theme". Great composition, creativity and sensibility!

No more coments, because is another quality and brilliant work!

papagolf21 (152605) 2005-02-20 17:31

Bonsoir Ziggy,
Qui faut-il remercier ? La nature, le photographe qui a su réaliser une composition qui ravit les yeux ; je pense que ce sont les deux !
La beauté existe, elle est là !
Superbe réalisation Ziggy.
Amitiés.
Philippe

robiuk (10807) 2005-02-20 18:54

Excellent light on this one, Ziggy!

delaufer (260) 2005-02-20 19:12

The lighting and the colors really make this picture. Great dof and balance.

Gudule (128) 2005-02-20 19:36

On ne cesse de regarder, d'admirer cette photo. on y découvre toutes sortes de formes tant dramatiques que sculpturales. Quelle belle représentation de la force de la nature. Bravo.

capthaddock (28790) 2005-02-20 20:10

Wonderful image you captured here. I will never be a good photographer because I would have walked by looking staright ahead so I don't slip, fall and break my bones.

cam (9043) 2005-02-20 22:12

La neige et la glace nous réservent toutes sortes de surprises.Il ne faut que l oeil poétique pour le découvrir,ce que vous avez manifestement lorsque l on regarde cette photo ainsi que celles qui forme votre galerie.

Bravo.Charles

avigur_11 (22535) 2005-02-20 23:01

A beautiful play of shapes and textures around this tree, Ziggy. I alos enjoy the different levels of light and the exact amount of contrast.

PixelTerror (0) 2005-02-21 3:36

Hi Ziggy,
What a chaotic structure !
The light and framing help create and enhance this feeling, I think you could even have cropped a bit more from the top.
Nice and somewhat frightening photo !!!
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

jpdeloof (2546) 2005-02-21 5:14

bonsoir ziggy , la note est comme la photo, superbe, Très belles couleurs surtout ce reflet orange qui joue sur la glace. La nature est belle mais parfois capricieuse.
Beau travail.
JP
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good evening ziggy, the note is like the photograph, superb, Très beautiful colors especially this orange reflection which plays on the ice. Nature is beautiful but sometimes capricious.
Beautiful work. JP

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-02-21 5:32

Ziggy, cet ensemble de commpositions que tu passes en ce moment c'est comme on dit ici : "le petit Jesus en culottes courtes ".
Ecore bravo pour ces images parfaites, ces travaux de formes et de lumières.
Un vrai plaisir de regarder ces photos.
Emotion
Jean Michel

supereira (9576) 2005-02-21 5:32

Great shot.I like the composition and point of view.Good light,textures,shadows and sharpness.I like the colors and contrasts.Good job!

greg64g (11193) 2005-02-21 5:59

Hello Ziggy,

As usual an incredible light work.

Well done
Greg

dkeus31 (27739) 2005-02-21 6:52

Hi Ziggy,
Againe good colors and light.
A nice serie you present here.

kdien (9367) 2005-02-21 7:54

Fantastyczna paleta barw, super

Graal (103040) 2005-02-21 11:26

Napiszê krótko - bombowe zdjêcie i opis.Pzdr.

hania (386) 2005-02-21 13:12

Pobijasz wszystkich ! Uwazam, ze jakas galeria by sie przydala twojego autorstwa...co o tym myslisz? Zdjecie rewelacja!

AEG (2449) 2005-02-21 13:36

Witaj Ziggy
Fota fantastyczna
super
pozdrawiam Pawel

phi729 (2101) 2005-02-21 16:15

Hi Ziggy :)

With this series about the frozen Ontario Lake, You do great! This one is beautiful but not the best from you series ("the new day" is better again ...surely my next critique in your gallery). I chose it for this excellent note explaining this phenomenon about the freezing rain. And I reassure you; As the other members, I find this shot good too. The play with colors and light on the ice, passing from warm to cold, is really beautiful. The broken tree gives also a nice composition. Well done, Ziggy!

jrzufferey (7305) 2005-02-22 16:33

Absolument magnifique ces bois gelés, ça me rappel une peinture qui devait représenter le jugement dernier. Amitié/jr

pedros (328) 2005-02-25 0:11

Hi Ziggy,
I have looking now all the last serie of Ice picture you have posted and they are awesome.
Since I can't point all of theme I choosed this one for my coments.
This a great composed picture.
The neat and sharpness are outstanding.
Good job, looking forward to see more pictures.

Pedro