*Hi! There was an ice sculpture festival (like every years)not far from my house in ottawa this month. Last saturday, one of my friend went to the festival and he took some pictures. Ill just post some of them here to let you see the beauty and the talent of those participants. Here is the first picture. One of my favorite. I a woman with a horse body playing harp. Beno Roberge*

*Here is another one. This is the winner of the contest. First place = France. Beno Roberge*

*Another of my favorite. A little train. Look at those details. Beno Roberge*

*Here is one from Japan. Beno Roberge*

*And another one. I love the yellowish lighting trough the ice. Beno Roberge*

Superbes images de sculptures sur glace......

Taking pictures of Ice sculpture is nto an easy task. I tried it at St-Ce, Quec sculpture contest. did not like any of the pics. Congrats on these shots.

Yeah! True. It's not an easy task. The sun is shining trought the ice and stuff like that. It's very hard. !!!!!!:O)!!!!!!!!!
Beno Roberge

your friend did well in capturing the beauty of these... i saw this once on a trip to Canada... such amazing caftsmanship! never gets that cold here but one could go to the beach & look at sand sculptures :] thanks for sharing these

Wow .. dunno if I could create something that intricate that I couldn't keep for a long time. :) Shooting ice sculpture is really tough. Backlighting without a busy background or with a shallow DOF seem to work best to bring out all the delicate details and sparklies. That train is amazing. Wow. -=>Donald

Lovely sculptures and images. Very difficult to capture, lovely to see. Thank you

Wow!! Really amazing works! Really difficult to capture the ice.. i think it looses a bit the depth.. Btw really great images :)

these are amazing, great captures :)

Dunno if it's difficult .. never had a chance to try but it seems to be no easy task .. anyways, difficult or not, this are excellent shots and the sculptures are gorgeous. As Donald .. i don't know if i could do something like that. Create so much beauty in days or even weeks and than with one sunny day, all is gone? Thanks for sharing this shots Benoit!!

I'll see most of these Thursday. going for a quick skate on the canal with some friends and a trip downtown. Maybe take some pictures of my own.