HIGHLY COMMENDED CATEGORY NATURE ART
Norbert Kovács | Fractal patterned lake

Name: Norbert Kovacs
Picture title: Fractal patterned lake
Category: Natural art
Nationality: I was born in Hungary and also live there in the town of Komló.
Occupation: I am an amateur photographer. Photography is not my main occupation.
I work as an educational technician in a secondary technical school.

Technical information
Camera: DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Lens: Hasselblad L1D-20c
EXIF: Shutter speed: 1/120, F-number: 3.5, ISO: 100, E/V: -0.3
Accessories: DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone

Norbert Kovács says:

After the long winter days the lakes were frozen, and one night a snowfall created some peculiar patterns on the icy surface of a lake. It was not a prominent phenomenon and was only visible from a bird’s eye view. I am glad I was in the right place at the right time because I had never experienced such a beautiful texture before. To be seen, a lot of prerequisites must be met, such as the weather, the wind, the temperature, level of humidity, lake temperature, water transparency, the condition of the lakebed and underwater currents just to name a few.
After taking the photo, the fine details slowly started to fade until the whole pattern ceased to exist. Since then, I have been keeping an eye on our frozen lakes in the hope of catching similar fractal patterns. The image was taken in Sikonda near the town of Komló.