[x]

Browse More Like This

More from ~niccolobonfadini

View Gallery

Featured in Groups:

#ThePhotoCritic
Constructive Criticism Welcomed!

#NaturesHaven
Nature and Animal lovers

#Unframed-Nature
Where Nature is Unhindered!

#Sky-Club
For the Sky&Clouds Lovers !

#MountainShots
Mountain & Hill PhotoClub

#NatureCrazy
We Are Crazy for Nature

#monofacture
We capture your memories forever

#Eerie-and-Enchanting
Art from the Heart

Show all (29)

Details

Submitted: May 13, 2012
Image Size: 141 KB
Resolution: 900×626
Submitted with: Sta.sh

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 14
Favourites: 160 [who?]
Views: 931 (0 today)
Downloads: 29 (0 today)

[x]

Finnish Landscapeby ~niccolobonfadini

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Landscapes

During winter, with temperatures ranging from -40 to -15, the trees in some areas of the Finnish Lapland get completely covered by snow and ice. This makes for a unuique landscape, where everything is white and frozen as far as the eyes can see. That morning I slept in my tent to watch the sun rise from the top of a hill.

--------------------------------------------------------

Follow me and support my facebook page for more frequent updates on travels, photos and much more!

Visit My Website!

Prints are available on my website, or contact me at info@niccolobonfadini.com

--------------------------------------------------------

love 2 2

~~joy 0 0~~

~~wow 0 0~~

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~SELindberg Jun 18, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Awesome photography.

These ice sculptures are a more benign version of templating trees than those made by the strangling kudzu vines (which kill the trees). If you ever make it to the United States, consider photographing kudzu sculptures (they are devastating the roadsides and are easy to find in the South East US).

FYI: I just blogged about this connection and referenced your work at:
Inspiring Natural Sculptures.

[link]

~niccolobonfadini Jun 18, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

thank you very much, I read the article and found it very interesting, I didnt knew about the kudzu! So they are (or have been?) used to have more free land for agricolture,building etc?

~SELindberg Jun 18, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hi! I believe the vines were used to grow on steep, rocky slopes to decrease erosion (decrease mud slides) alongside the US highways; they grew too well. I do not think people intended to use them for creating sculptures, but they work well for that. In fact, I think it may be illegal to intentionally grow or nurture the weed. Browsing some internet sites, I have seen beautiful images in which the vines have covered barns, houses, and cars. BTW: your photo's rock. I'll keep watching. Cheers, Seth