Underneath Minnehaha Falls in January [Contest Finalists June 2005]
Uploaded: December 29, 2004 08:18:23
You are looking at nine foot tall ice columns. This picture was taken last January when it was 30 below. I climbed 20 feet of rock and ice and was able to get behind the falls and take this photo just as the morning light was starting to shine through.
Sharon Day December 29, 2004
Awesome shot, James!!! I love the blue ice! Just beautiful! #200111RoxAnne E. Franklin December 29, 2004
You're what I call a REAL blue blood photographer!!! what a shot!Leanne M.E. Boyd December 29, 2004
Wow, James!!!!!!!!! This is amazing! #1002434Gloria B. Wood December 29, 2004
Fantastic shot! Very well done! (Hi from a fellow Minnesotan...if you are from here!) #1002535J. Prescott December 29, 2004
This shot goes well beyond the norm & captures the veiwers full attention immediately!! in spite of the effort it took to get there, it makes the viewer wish they could experience it for themselves (or appreciate the fact that now they don't have to)a beautiful image to be sure - my highest accomodation. #1002605
James Reininger December 30, 2004
Hello Mr. Prescott,Thank you for your response. Are you photographer also? If you are interested, I have more photos at www.yessy.com/JamesReininger
Sincerely,
James Reininger #1003689
Cathy Barrows January 05, 2005
simply execellent...tell me this is not the minnehaha falls in n GA #1015601J. Prescott January 05, 2005
yes, james, I am also a photographer. I submitted a picture to the december contest, but I can't find it. as soon as the calendar turned to Jan, all the december pics disappeared, & I can't figure out how to view the last few days (or Any of the dec entries, for that matter) I DO know that if you go to EOS D30 reviews, you can find my pic there. I will periodically enter more . . . #1016005James Reininger May 04, 2005
Hello Emily,Thank you for your nice comments.
James #1320418
Susana Ms Heide July 23, 2005
It was well worth the climb!!! Congrats!! #1628879bob cornelison July 24, 2005
Wow! What a shot!James Reininger July 24, 2005
Hello Susana and Bob, Thank you for nice comments. #1631044Shari Travison August 19, 2005
This is an amazing formation. Wonderful capture of the colors, texture, light and shadows! #1736930James Reininger August 22, 2005
Hello Shari,Thank you for the nice comments.
James #1750678
Linda Murphy August 24, 2005
Great capture James! #1759489James Reininger August 24, 2005
Thank you Linda for your nice comments.James #1760796
James Reininger January 25, 2008
Thank you again Srikant for the nice comments. #5397212Stacy Lankford July 26, 2008
Great capture, wonderful color and texture! #6233882James Reininger July 26, 2008
Thank you Stacy for the nice comments. #6234447Guy D. Biechele August 01, 2008
Wonderful light and texture. Such a cool shot! #6259798Colleen Farrell August 07, 2008
Wow, this is spectacular, James! Amazing what you had to do to get this shot, but it was worth it, I'd say! #6286640James Reininger August 08, 2008
Thank you Guy and Colleen for the nice comments. #6287762Brad Harding November 10, 2008
James, I enjoyed all your series on Minnehaha Falls. I was interested in your climb on the ice to get to the location behind the falls. Did you have all of the climbing tools ice pick, cleated shoes etc.? Great shot for all of the effort. Brad #6735144James Reininger November 10, 2008
Hello Brad, thank you for the nice comments. However, I have to admit that I did not have an ice pick or cleated shoes. When I went to the falls that day I was simply planning on taking photos of the frozen falls from a bridge that is near by. As I was taking photos I noticed some teenagers playing hide and seek between the ice columns. That is when I decided to go up. I climbed the incline using my tripod for leverage. #6735301Stephanie Frey November 26, 2008
Awesome image James! Stunning! #6813998James Reininger November 26, 2008
Thank you Stephanie for the nice comments. #6814057Ermanno Radice November 26, 2008
Great framing, wonderful capture, James!!Congratulations for your beautiful gallery!! #6814451James Reininger November 27, 2008
Thank you Ermanno for the nice comments. #6816321Kate Jackson December 01, 2008
WOW James, super cool!!! #6833250James Reininger December 01, 2008
Thank you Kate for the nice comments. #6834078Janet McNeil December 01, 2008
Beautiful capture - congrats on your Finalist!! #6835650James Reininger December 01, 2008
Thank you Janet for the nice comments. #6835821Dianna Murphy December 29, 2008
Must have been a site to see. Gorgeous color and light. #6955620James Reininger December 30, 2008
It was pretty cool to watch. Thank you Dianna for the nice comments. #6959774Cyndy Doty March 15, 2009
What an amazing capture! The light behind the frozen blue is wonderful! #7286335James Reininger March 15, 2009
Thank You Cyndy for the nice comments. #7287350Christine Lobsinger June 11, 2009
WOW... CONGRATS JAMES... amazing light/colours!!! It really pays off when a photographer works that hard to get the shot... you sure did here!James Reininger June 13, 2009
Thank you Christine for the nice comments. #7626408Wm Nosal June 30, 2009
Wonderful Shot! #7694506James Reininger July 14, 2009
Hello Wm. Sorry for the slow response. However, thank you for the nice comment. #7738352John A. Karas July 16, 2009
Great shot, James. I used to pass by these falls on my way to work when I lived in Bloomington abck in the mid eighties.James Reininger July 17, 2009
Thank you John for the nice comments. I wish I would have been there also. For the past few years, the falls have been dry alot of the time. #7750163Chuck S. Frizzell November 08, 2009
Incredible! #8114436James Reininger November 08, 2009
Thank you Chuck for the nice comments. #8115008Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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