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Sunrise at Glacial Park
Sun breaks the horizon on Hors frost along Nippersink Creek in Glacial Park, McHenry County
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Sun breaks the horizon on Hors frost along Nippersink Creek in Glacial Park, McHenry County
Roy Lobenhofer
commented over 1 year agoBeautiful!
Bill Cermak
commented over 1 year agoVery very nice Ray!
John Harrison
commented over 1 year agovery nice
Tiffany Whisler
commented over 1 year agoSo incredible!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks, one of my favorite things about the Nippersink is that you get Hors frost so often. I love that stufl
Renee Cybul
commented over 1 year agoAnother beautiful photo!
bette ann kelly
commented over 1 year agolove the contrast - fire and ice!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Bette Ann. That's a good way to describe this scene
Theresa Cramer
commented over 1 year agoVery nice catch Ray! You certainly captured the cold moment in this one. Thank you for your comment on my mammatus cloud shot . I knew when I shot that scene those clouds were very different but I am learning just how rare they really are.
Pamela Carreira
commented over 1 year agoThis is so beautiful!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Pamela. I'm lucky to be within minutes of a place that offers so many opportunities for these kind of images.
Pamela Carreira
commented over 1 year agoIs this north of the lake? My father lives off Fox Lake, I have some good sunset pics from the flood a few years ago I want to get up. There's a lot of great stuff up there to shoot.
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThis is west of Route 31. Fox Lake is probably 5 miles east of this area as the crow flies. If you're familiar with route 12 in the town of Fox Lake, you'd continue northwest on 12 until you intersect with 31 at a stoplight. Then you'd go straight about 1 1/2 miles and make the first left turn you can. If you went about 1 mile south on Keystone and turned onto a "private road" into Glacial Park (which you're not supposed to do) and went to the bridge over the Nippersink Creek, you'd be right where this image was taken
Pamela Carreira
commented over 1 year agoI think I have an idea where that would be. I'll have to check it out at some point...and hopefully not get caught!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoIf you go in well before 7, the conservation police aren't on duty yet. The guys who work at the office on Keystone Road show up about 7. You can park at the snowmobile parking lot (see map at link below) and walk to it too. Might discover some spots along the way. Walk straight toward the new bridge and turn right before or after you cross it. Parallel trails follow the creek on both sides. This shot is actually north of the bridge as you go out on the dirt road leading north. It's from the first bend in the creek looking back at the road/bridge.
http://www.mccdistrict.org/web/assets/maps/1.pdf
Tim Lowe
commented over 1 year agoPre 7am on a snowy morning...
I'll just enjoy your shots, thanks. ;)
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoOf come on Tim, no pain no gain :)
Emily Logue
commented over 1 year agoAbsolutely amazing! I love this! And thanks for sending me your website; I loved it - your photos are incredible! I'm a fan for sure!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThank you Emily. I sincerely hope you enjoy these images and push yourself to get out there and try to catch similar ones for yourself. They're out there just waiting for someone to discover them, and better yet, catch them on film.
sonnet schulz
commented over 1 year agoanother great shot. my daughter says she loves this one too. she said "is that an HDR shot?" :)
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Sonnet. Tell her no, it's just from using ND filters to darken the top (3 stops) You can probably see where they end
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoI usually meter just to the left or right of the sun on some highlight in the sky, and based on that, decide to use 2 or 3 stops of filter, usually it's 3. Then I adjust my light meter settings to accommodate for the 3 stops, and then meter the foreground to see how that fits with the range created by using the filters on the top part of the scene. Sometimes the top ends up being a little darker than it really should be but that only saturated the color and highlights the foreground. That's how it's done.
Alton Weatherspoon
commented over 1 year agoYes!.......another masterpiece. :-)
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks again. You should come check out Glacial Park. Pretty buggy right now, so bring some blood for transfusion. Visitor center grand opening is Aug 14. Got a map of the place on my "profile" This shot in just north of the "private road" in the goosenecks.
Robert Kramer
commented over 1 year agoNice shot
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Robert
Sandra Nelson
commented over 1 year agoHow beautiful....I just love your work!
katelyn stuber
commented over 1 year agoi love all your pictures they are amazing
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThank you Katelyn. There's 375 here, and another 750 or so at www.pbase.com/raymathis Enjoy.
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Sandra, appreciate the kind words.
Yolanda Luckey
commented over 1 year agoGreat Shot !
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoThanks Yolanda. Was out of town for a while taking pictures and I'm way behind on thanking people for nice comments.
Cami Traficanto
commented over 1 year agoyour eye is amazing your talent is outstanding this picture is breathtaking. GREAT JOB RAY!!!
Wade Lucas
commented 12 months agoThis is stunning.
Ray Mathis
commented 12 months agoThanks Wade
Viana Oliver
commented 5 months agoGorgeous.