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Magnus Reneflot | Iceforms around pine island

Name: Magnus Reneflot
Picture title: Iceforms around pine island
Category: Landscape
Nationality: Norway
Occupation: I have just retired so from now on I will devote all my time to Nature photography and lead The Norwegian Nature Photo Festival in Ski each year I Ski, 20 km south of Oslo

Technical information
Camera: DJI pro 2
Lens: Hasselblad
EXIF:10,26 mm, f/4,5 1/100 sec, 100 iso

Magnus Reneflot​ says:

After a cold period at the end of November 2022, the ice froze solid on the small freshwater lake in Enebakk, 25 km south of Oslo. Vågvann is a lake with a low water level and good water circulation. A few days later the weather changed, and a thin layer of snow covered the ice. It became milder, the ice expanded and formed cracks with moisture over large parts of the snow-covered ice surface. The dark streaks of moisture became more and more numerous and some were as wide as roads. In recent years, this phenomenon has become more common than before. Climate change is causing several changes in weather from cold to mild. Frost, rain, and snow create unstable winter conditions, which can give us more opportunities to get similar conditions. For a photographer like me who is constantly looking for patterns in nature, I was very happy when I found this subject, although, of course, I am worried about the climate changes we are experiencing.

The conditions were perfect with cloudy weather and little wind. It was just a matter of getting the drone up in the air and start looking for exciting compositions. Found this little island with snow-covered pine trees where the stripes had worked well together forming half circles around the island. Took many pictures this day and everything was constantly changing. The next day there were far too many stripes in the ice to find any interesting shapes and patterns to photograph. It is difficult to transfer experiences we have to others when we are out with a camera.