Images from Ian Adams' Ice Photography Workshop at Stebbin's Gulch in the Holden Arboretum. With the wet snow and camera gear, it was a pretty challenging hike. Very worthwhile though, the place is spectacularly beautiful. The most fun part? Wading in the icy cold Pierson's Creek - i felt like a little kid, splashing in puddles. The Wellies and thermal socks kept my toes toasty and dry.
Ian suggested cropping this one much tighter, so I did. It does look better.
Spent a lot of time chimping and wiping the fog from my specs. Keeping the histogram centered required constant adjustment of the exposure compensation because of the strong lights and darks.
Without a person in the shot, it's hard to get a sense of how big these icicles are. Some are three and four stories tall. That's a full size tree, toppled into the gorge.
Ian suggested cropping this one much tighter, so I did. It does look better. 
Spent a lot of time chimping and wiping the fog from my specs. Keeping the histogram centered required constant adjustment of the exposure compensation because of the strong lights and darks.
Without a person in the shot, it's hard to get a sense of how big these icicles are. Some are three and four stories tall. That's a full size tree, toppled into the gorge.
The melt was on after a few above-freezing days. That little geyser in the lower center was about a foot tall when we walked downstream. By the time we came back a couple of hours later, it had more than doubled in height. 
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