tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post1594703896860997964..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Chromatic Snow SparklesJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29641857643267729522014-01-29T17:15:07.698-05:002014-01-29T17:15:07.698-05:00James, thanks for sharing that amazing description...James, thanks for sharing that amazing description. I was surprised that I couldn't find out much about this on the web, and even Minneart in his great book "Light and Color in the Open Air" doesn't mention the chromatic qualities of snow crystals. He does talk about the behavior of hexagonal crystals in the winter sky around the sun, which forms sun dogs.<br /><br />K. Tigress, that sounds wonderful, hope you can get the photo (with a waterproof camera?)<br /><br />Eugene, I've seen this effect a few times before, but I always assumed it would be impossible to photograph. It took a little fooling around to capture it.<br /><br />Toby, I used a Canon T3i at full resolution and about two stops underexposed. When the speckles go into bokeh, they get even more impressive.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-1323452267072678142014-01-29T16:31:55.950-05:002014-01-29T16:31:55.950-05:00I wrote about that ice bow here: http://jamesgunte...I wrote about that ice bow here: http://jamesgunterstudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/lakeside-marsh-in-winter-8-x-10-oil-on.html<br /><br />SO wish I had gotten photos, and yes, I WAS sober!James Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626977085862840924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-90125128302459702512014-01-29T16:23:54.676-05:002014-01-29T16:23:54.676-05:00I've seen the glittery snow sparkles many time...I've seen the glittery snow sparkles many times, but never as dramatically as on the snow covered ice of Utah lake in the wintertime. When Ice covered, the lake has a very large, flat surface which I'll sometimes go for walks on, and have even plein air painted out on.<br /><br />I've seen ice sparkles like the ones shown in your photos several times, but one day I learned why they angle away from the viewer in colorful bands like they do. They are trying to form a bow! <br /><br />I've only ever seen it once in my life, but on one walk out on the lake ice a few years ago, I saw the chromatic snow sparkles form what looked like a complete upside-down "rainbow" on the snow covered ice, and a partial secondary bow! The bow extended a mile or so to the shore on my left and several miles to the shore near the base of the mountains to my right. The "ice bow" followed me around as I walked on the ice. I went out again the next day hoping to see it again, but although there were lots of colorful sparkles, the bow was no longer there. Sure wish I had had a camera! James Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626977085862840924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-83963065148590919072014-01-29T15:31:49.004-05:002014-01-29T15:31:49.004-05:00Nope I wasn't fooled at all but it is a neat F...Nope I wasn't fooled at all but it is a neat FX representing the night sky. <br /><br />Sometimes when I take a bath and the suds have settled some what on the surface it almost looks like I'm looking at a bunch of galaxy's and stars. I've been often tempted to take a pic of this and fix it up in PhotoShop, but then I have an after thought of accidentally dropping my camera in to the water. K_tigresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435524324162761134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37446695573841097332014-01-29T14:28:16.893-05:002014-01-29T14:28:16.893-05:00That's an amazing photo. I'll have to see ...That's an amazing photo. I'll have to see if I can replicate these shots with my Nikon camera here in Canada. Temperature this morning was -21'C so I don't think there is any chance of the crystals melting...Toby Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843981581002490982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57594905555353929572014-01-29T13:41:27.461-05:002014-01-29T13:41:27.461-05:00Whoa. I've recently been to Bulgarian Macedoni...Whoa. I've recently been to Bulgarian Macedonia, and watched the snow sparkle in the mountains, but never really saw the rainbow effect like in these photos. Perhaps the angle was not favorable, or perhaps I was not expecting any colors.Eugene Arenhaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899356091394676298noreply@blogger.com