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Spirit of Adventure by Vadim Balakin
Thursday, 8th September 2011

Spirit of Adventure

by Vadim Balakin

Icebreaker "Kapitan Dranitsyn" goes through the ices of Artic Ocean, Franz Josef Land, July 2011. The shot was made from a helicopter.
Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF24-105 f/4L IS USM
Vadim Balakin
I'm a professional fine art, landscape and wildlife photographer based in Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia.

Spirit of Adventure by Vadim Balakin was photo of the day on Thursday, 8th September 2011. It is tagged , . You can leave a comment below.

18 Comments

8th September 2011 at 3:57 am

Wonderful light and composition here Vadim – congrats!

8th September 2011 at 7:08 am

This is truly out of the world!

8th September 2011 at 8:16 am

Great image, but looks devilishly cold… brrr!

8th September 2011 at 12:01 pm

nice composition and interesting subject.

Nancy L. Nyman

8th September 2011 at 12:39 pm

I can just feel the cold. This is an amazing photo~~thanks!

Stephanie Reeves

8th September 2011 at 1:08 pm

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

Mario Gustavo Fiorucci

8th September 2011 at 1:45 pm

An absolutely phenomenal image. Thank you.

8th September 2011 at 3:05 pm

This is what I love about winter photography – its striking simplicity and dramatic effect.

Kathy

8th September 2011 at 5:18 pm

What a beautiful picture…..so serene.

Tazmin Shariff

8th September 2011 at 5:55 pm

So dramatic! Thank you!

Julie Bethel

8th September 2011 at 7:19 pm

really gives perspective of how much of our world is quiet and beautifully RAW yet, as untouched by man…cloud layer begs to be pulled off to show off the mountains under wonderful shot thanks so much for sharing!

9th September 2011 at 8:37 am

How lonely would you feel out on that ice breaker? I love the light on this one.

9th September 2011 at 1:50 pm

Wow!

Shirley Hill

10th September 2011 at 10:55 pm

What a wonderful panorama of beauty, solitude and imagination.
Thank you for sending this in for all to share.
Composition is perfect. Light is evenly balanced. A good shot.

reza

11th September 2011 at 8:03 am

realy nice shot .
thank you dear
good luck

11th September 2011 at 9:07 am

great !!

11th September 2011 at 10:28 am

Beautiful image! Great light.

KAMRAJ RAMDHANI

16th September 2011 at 6:51 pm

o my GOD. what a shot.closeted i got to a shot i this was in the movie 8 degrees below,GODS LAND FOR REAL.

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