Hunter Ice Festival – Part 2

The Hunter Ice Festival is a 3 day festival that starts on a Friday night with lots of carving, setting out sponsor’s sculptures and lots more. While I was playing with the wireless Speedlight flash system on the first night I caught this little boy looking up at one of the main sculptures in amazement. I only got two shots off and thankfully one of them turned out since the father was telling the boy to step back.

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On Saturday you get to see more of the tools that get used while carving these sculptures. Anything from angle grinders, chainsaws, picks, chisels, dremel tools, custom made jigs and cloths irons get used.

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Some people use templates made out of paper to help start the carving process.

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While others just have a drawing and go at the ice just by looking at it.

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When doing night photography with a flash you can easily tell where many of the different blocks are.

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More photos in the gallery at: Hunter Ice Festival, Niles Michigan

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