Dec. 26, 2020 - Rock Lake, Russell, MN
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As the colors started I found this ice heave with different texture than the ice around it.
I used a shallow depth of field and focused on the crack.
I got really close laying on the ice to make this one inch wide crack seem huge. Then I turned it black and white for more drama.
My friend Darin said, "Here comes the purple!" So I positioned this chunk of ice I found on the ice and made some images with it as the subject.
As I was moving to another spot on the ice I spotted this in the sky and took it handheld. I liked the foreground cracks in the ice. Most of my photos I take with my camera on a tripod.
Here's my ice chunk subject again next to the "big" crack. My camera and I were laying on the ice. Pretty easy to get a level photo that way!
Another using a shallow depth of field with only the ice chunk in focus.
This my favorite image with the crack and ice chunk in it.
For this last image I zoomed in closer to the horizon. I love how the cracks make/separate different shades of the sunset colors. We started out trying to skate on the ice which I haven't done in at least 35 years. Needless to say I'm gonna have to build up those muscles some more.
