Emerging - Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
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Ice patterns fracture the surface in frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite's high country. Glad I got to see it. The sounds the lake made in the early morning were really something special. Sunrise on New Year's morning was somewhat of a bust, but January 2nd more than made up for it. 1/2/12 was the good stuff whereas last year it was 1/1/11.
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ALFAiZPHOTO.Off, Ingólfur B, Jeremy Duguid, e_romero, and 451 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Jim Patterson Photography (4 months ago | reply)
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Iván Cajigas (4 months ago | reply)
Very nice light and detail.
Ancalop (4 months ago | reply)
amazing foreground
MikeJonesPhoto (4 months ago | reply)
Amazing photo. I love the details in the ice.
tojygeorge (4 months ago | reply)
Nice work Jim! Artistically composed and beautifully exposed.
♫ Lion ♫ (4 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
Jeremy Duguid (4 months ago | reply)
wow. amazing.
e_romero (4 months ago | reply)
I like everything and the mountains aren't completely black, nice.
Silent G Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot, Jim!
pixlperfect (4 months ago | reply)
Wow- what beautiful light! Nice!
Wildphotography - Barry Rowan (4 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
JMS' (4 months ago | reply)
Wow!!! Everything is beautiful in this picture !
lea1959 (4 months ago | reply)
another fantastic composition Really amazing!
AzmanAbdullah (4 months ago | reply)
wow...amazing capture
AndyV12 (4 months ago | reply)
Cracking image Jim (if you pardon the pun!).
Sharon C2010 (4 months ago | reply)
What an incredible shot!
AnthonyMikeLee (4 months ago | reply)
This an amazing image! I've never seen anything like this before!
Janice L (4 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot. Was the lake creaking and cracking?
Zackri Zim'S™ (4 months ago | reply)
awesome
Wandering Sagebrush (off Line Frequently) (4 months ago | reply)
Jim, that is very nice!
TobyRossiter (4 months ago | reply)
Great photo all the way through, I especially like the clouds and their reflection.
rob.Forte (4 months ago | reply)
amazing
Pampara (4 months ago | reply)
wow! outstanding!!
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~ Floydian ~ (4 months ago | reply)
I saw already a whole bunch of images from this frozen lake the last week.....seems complete busloads were there shooting ;-)
A good one Jim, love the patterns on the ice but also the warm colours in the sky.
Raymond Larose (4 months ago | reply)
Out of this world ice!!
traumlichtfabrik (4 months ago | reply)
so much beauty on this earth - so amazingly captured by you
Jim Patterson Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Modo Frodo's Cabinet of Curiosities (4 months ago | reply)
Excellent photograph. Wow!
photos by Crow (4 months ago | reply)
Spectacular shot, Jim! This little lake is beautiful ~ we stopped here last fall when it was open and blue and the weather was super warm. I love the beauty of Tioga Pass. The color and clarity of detail in this shot is amazing....love it!!!
J e n s (4 months ago | reply)
guess I know where you'll be 1/2/13 :D
Superb shot.
The sounds of the ice are surely amazing - if you stand on land!
PanamaCarl (4 months ago | reply)
Amazing photo Jim...excellent post processing!
Tommaso Renzi (4 months ago | reply)
Whoa Jim, impressive foreground and background light
Joshua Cripps (4 months ago | reply)
Crick crack crackalackin!
Nicolò P. (4 months ago | reply)
Your landscapes are fantastic!
Jill's Junk (4 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot and great comp.
andy_57 (4 months ago | reply)
Superb. Such an unusual and striking scene.
Peter Bowers (4 months ago | reply)
did you bring your skates?
Mathieu Noel (4 months ago | reply)
Splendid ...
lennarteedvinson photo, (4 months ago | reply)
Fabulous image
Javier Hatero (4 months ago | reply)
Vaya maravilla de paisajes!!! un saludo.
-Sami (4 months ago | reply)
Fantastic patterns Jim, and the colors are just out of this world. Fav!
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Fery59 (4 months ago | reply)
fantezii di inverno!
leapin26 (4 months ago | reply)
Stunning image. Love that foreground ice!!
ernogy (4 months ago | reply)
textured ice, mountains, AND a nice sky? great everything.
wandering i photo (4 months ago | reply)
Nice work on the blend. Blending is never an easy task. I'd be tempted to darken the sunrise reflection on the ice a bit as seems as brighter than the sky. Could be my work monitor playing tricks on me though. Excellent image as usual.
Bryan Bzdula Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot Jim. You left coasters are killing me with these icy sunrises.
Cristiana Damiano (4 months ago | reply)
Amazing ! Beautiful shot , great compo and colors .
Ciao !
mamuangsuk (4 months ago | reply)
wow that light, reflections on ice and texture on the foreground are just amazing!!
Bryan Boling (4 months ago | reply)
Jim, you're a veritable photographic magician.
_dUkEnUkEm_ (4 months ago | reply)
Sin comentarios...grandísima foto.
Un saludo.