SUMMARY
Photographer Pål Hermansen received finalist recognition in the Close Up Photographer of the Year competition's 'Death & Decay' challenge for his image "Mallard in Ice." The photograph, captured on a Hasselblad 203 FE with Fujifilm Fujichrome Velvia 50 (120) film, depicts a dead mallard duck frozen within the ice of a Norwegian lake. Hermansen staged the shot by cutting out a section of ice containing the bird, presenting it from below as a "window into death" with its beak above the ice and body submerged.
TAKEAWAYS
Pål Hermansen's "Mallard in Ice" image was a finalist in the Close Up Photographer of the Year competition.
The photograph features a duck frozen beneath ice, captured on a Hasselblad film camera.
The image uses the ice as a "window into death," contrasting the duck's submerged body with its beak above the surface.
The shot was taken with a Hasselblad 203 FE and Fujifilm Fujichrome Velvia 50 (120) film.