Although I've liked all of your "ice and snow" pictures, I would be tempted to call this one of your very best, because of the golden light, the droplets on the lens, the crystalline texture of the snow, and the play of curved white lines against the flat horizon.

Mark

Hmm... I'm into blasting RGB color so my faves are definitely the ice & sunset ones. This one's very nice though, glad you liked it of course.

The organic curves combined with the luminescence of sun through snow, sharp reflections and halos give this image a very surreal feeling. The small spot of forest at the top left anchors it well. I am amazed that you warm and cool colors so well in this setting. The juxtaposition of warm colors with an icy subject just lends more to the aura of the surreal.

I would have been tempted to lower the horizon in your place, but looking at the finished piece, think it would have been a mistake.

Probably took about 15-20 pics of this formation with the camera right down on the 'ground'. Guess-work! "Bob" bless digital! The light shines through because well, it's open underneath. Really a bizarre formation I'd never seen before. Things you find tramping on the ice.