Warm Winter

What an unsual winter we have had his year.  Last year this time we had tons of snow, this year, spring like temperatures in the middle of February.  Not great for the Olympics but I'm sure enjoying the sunshine.

Last week we made a trip to the cabin to enjoy some snow games and skating.  Guess what, no snow there either. But the lake was still frozen and we had sunshine most of the time. Not bad.  The ice on the lake was still 2 feet thick so walking on it was no problem. One night it rained and in the morning we woke up to some very interesting photographic opportunities. The rain left puddles of water on the lake creating a random patchwork of highly reflective areas surrounded by white.

The first image is my favourite. I wanted to create the effect that the cyclist looking like another puddle. To acheive the effect I backlite him against the sun to create a sillouette.

 The image is called Ice Cycle.

This next image is also  a favourite from the weekend.

Enjoy