Can you call this architecture? I’m actually quite intrigued by this community of ice fishing shacks that pops up every year not far from where I live. I’ve never been ice fishing and don’t really have much desire to but as an onlooker I find something visually pleasing about the whole thing. All the various colours, shapes and sizes of the structures and even a trailer thrown in. Each shack a reflection of the owner(s). I wonder if it gets competitive? Surely the fishing does.
I’m going to get brave and move in for some closer shots, but for now this is all I can offer you. Curious?
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What’s the bet you get lots of really cool people shots once you ‘get brave’?
Looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you, I’ll try and get some better images. 🙂
These are SO cool! I would definitely have you get closer, to take shots of the fishing. That would be neat!
Oh I will go back and get a little closer. I want to see the little buildings up close.
Those are so neat! I can’t imagine spending a day in one however, I would freeze solid. Props to those brave, warm-blooded souls who do!
Wicker I think they must heat the shacks, they have little chimneys! They must be awfully dark though.
Karen, Very nice shots (please don’t fall in ; ) I especially like the 1st and 2nd photographs. Unique viewpoint. I don’t think I have ever seen a picture of an ice shack.
Thank Nareen, I’ll be careful! The ice must be pretty thick because along with all those shacks a lot of people drive their trucks out onto the ice. I’d be extremely nervous about that!
What a bizarre surrealistic land scape. It could be the space-craft, has just landed.
And inside, the alien. 😀
The space, the air was well captured. Nice shots Karen.
Ha, ha Yoshizen, I like your interpretation. I’m sure there is a movie script in there somewhere!
Thank you. 🙂
Very intriguing Karen!!!! 🙂 Love the third shot!!! 🙂 **
Thanks Xandre, it is a neat little winter village.
Amazing shots.
The first one was the best one for me!
I think so too, thank you.
I love the contrast between established Architecture in the background and the little shack in the foreground of the 1st photo.. love the colours in the 3rd one.. don’t be too brave !!
I liked that too Helen, the big highrises in the back and this little humble shack – and then the light hit the shack!
Like some offworld commune…. I love this window onto the icy North =)
I’m sure it’s got it’s own interesting culture happening! Thanks Moof!
Fantastic 🙂
Thank you!
Don`t be worry to get closer. It could be pretty fantastic! I am looking forward to see a closer pictures. You are brave enough!
Yes, I need to go back before it starts getting warm and they remove the shacks, I will get a little closer! 🙂
I think think your on a bit of a good roll with these winter shots outstanding again
Aw, thank you very much MaenAmor, I am enjoying your stunning winter mountains.
Fantastic series. Excellent composition.
I’m happy you like them Inga! 🙂
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Thank you very much Inga. 🙂
That’s something new, Karen. 🙂 Nice shots.
Thanks Nandini, yes a different view on winter around here.
Funny as this seems to say I have had spent many a happy hours in one of those boxes drinking dark rum and hoping the fish didn’t bite.
Are you speaking from personal experience Grant?! 😉
Amazing. They are all wonderful, but the contrast between the city and the structure and light in the first shot works on so many levels. So beautiful.
I got lucky with the first shot, a band of light opened up to illuminate the little shack and everything else was under cloud. It just lasted a few seconds and then the light changed. Thanks Elena
I like the first one the best. And now I am curious 🙂 Looking forward to the close-ups.
Thanks Erica! 🙂
I suppose so. Those are very interesting.
Curious? Oh, yes! nicely done.
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Thanks again Otto!
I think, yes, architecture. These are nice, though they bring back memories of some cold fishing….
Karen, I see robot faces on the second one…
I see what you mean! 🙂
I like this distance and the not knowing..great photos Karen!
I love the strong lines and patterns (and light!) in these image. Nicely done, Karen!
I have told by several Minnesotans (whose various family members have ice fishing cabins) that the true enjoyment of the sport is not in the hauling out of fish, but in the free-flow of camaraderie and drinks 😉
I love seeing the city buildings in the backdrop!
Thanks Katherine, I like how the background is soft and the buildings are there but not highlighted.
Is that a caravan on the ice in the last shot, Karen? How thick does the ice get where you live? It must be mega-thick! I particularly like the first shot because of the horizontal gradations of colour, the light in the centre band, and the hut that the light picks out from the buildings in the background. Personally, I don’t get the fishing thing! Lots of people here sit round lakes and ponds for hours on end without moving or talking to anyone, and well apart from each other! Nope! I just don’t get it! Maybe we ought to offer them cameras as an alternative – ‘course they might just photograph themselves, their fishing friends and their catches! Hmm! Wait a minute! I sometimes sit on my own, in isolated places, with my camera, talking to no one, just waiting to catch a shot! Oh, my goodness! Ha! Ha!
Cheers
John
The first shot is so special…the colours, the light, the subject…
robert