Ice on the Elbow

After the big snowstorm Monday night, the clouds cleared and towards the evening, the light was beautiful and I was pulled outside.

Before the sun set, I photographed the sunlight on the tree boughs along the path to the Elbow river.  Getting down to the river, the snow was over a foot deep. It was fun to walk along and photograph this river delta just before night fell, looking for interesting relationships in the landscape.

I walked to the far side before I found some breaks in snow and ice where I could see the water.

I used a telephoto lens to close in on the ice formations with a tripod to keep the camera steady over the exposures which stretched up to 10 seconds.

I returned home under moonlight which was very enjoyable as well