Rural landscapes: the halting arrival of spring
ICY FENCE IN SPRING POND NEAR AIRDRIE, ALBERTA
Spring is a ficklesome thing on the Canadian prairies; one day it’s warm and the next cold & snowy. I was cruising the gorgeous landscapes near my home in Calgary when I encountered this drowned fence, complete with icy tentacles.
I took care with the resulting composition to ensure the fence post was well above the horizon, thereby connecting land with sky in the resulting photo; if the top of the post was lined up with the horizon, that would have created a subconscious visual irritant.
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter
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Truly a stunning photo, Frank. The icicles (like your word “tentacles”) are a beautiful phenomenon, and the horizon lined up so expertly, the textured water and so icy blue. Also liked seeing the prairie in there. Really lovely.
This picture is deceiving! Because of the light, you think it is warm but because of the ice you totally know it is not. Brillant!!