In the Hole

Photograph by Christoph Jorda , National Geographic Your Shot

To get this shot, taken in Austria, Your Shot member Christoph Jorda set up two Profoto B1 flash systems: one on top of the ice cave and one inside. We had to dig out the entrance of the cave because it was almost totally closed by the snow you see in the foreground, Jorda writes. The problem? According to Jorda, the ice cave was at an altitude of nearly 9,800 feet, the temperature was at minus 4 F, and the flash didn t work properly. So he [had] to jump a couple of times to get it right, he says.

Jorda s image was recently featured in Your Shot s Daily Dozen .

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