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Ice Sculptures…

Often when I go to bed the night before a morning of shooting, I don’t know exactly where I’m going to go. I spend a great deal of time trying to figure out the best location given the conditions I’m seeing in the very predawn hours. Factors such as cloud cover, snow cover, mist and fog, temperature all play into the decision.

This morning I was looking at an approaching storm, after a few days of freezing and thawing. Temperatures were relatively warm, and humidity was very high. Given that, the answer was simple…and I chose to go to Lake Massabesic for a few reasons. The incoming snowfall would cover up all the features in the ice that the recent freeze / thaw cycle had revealed. And the lake would provide an open landscape to see the lighting of the clouds from said incoming storm.

 Jim Salge Photography - Ice Sculptures

I was surprised when I arrived that there were not more ice features…but all you need is one good one. With mist hanging in the air, and a pink sky overhead, I focused on a large crack in the ice that leads the eye to the small island in the distance. Foreground is so important in landscape photography, and by tomorrow, this landscape will be very, very different!

Bring on the snow!

One Response to “Ice Sculptures…”

  1. Patrad says:

    Jim,
    Love the ice formations both here and on some more recent posts. I have some very fond, if not very cold memories of some winters on Great Bay in the 70’s when the ice on the bay reached thicknesses of 15″ or more ( I had to chop some holes through it for a research project). Anyway the transition from the ice over the mudflats to the ice in the deeper channels was spectacular. Something to think about if the conditions ever repeat themselves. And pretty much in your backyard as well.

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