Winter landscapes often have a stark, black-and-white look that I really enjoy, like this shot I took last week of part of the boardwalk at Huntley Meadows Park, the local marshland park where I take a lot of my wildlife images.
It was late afternoon when I took this shot, and the sun cast a golden light on part of the surface of the boardwalk (which is made of a synthetic material) and created beautiful shadows beneath it. I really like the contrast between the straight lines and geometric shape of the boardwalk and the wild, irregular shapes of the natural environment.
I often forget to look for the “big picture” in my zeal to get in closer and closer to my subject, but in this case I am happy that I took the effort to pull back and take in my surroundings.
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Mike Powell 
Beautiful!
Very nice.
I, too, really like the geometric contrasts.
It’s so nice to have this visual of the marsh. It sure would be hard to stay home.
Great shot and composition, be glad you are not here in Indianapolis…. More snow, I’m glad I don’t have to drive..:-)
We have like minds! See this from last week:. http://wp.me/p37YEI-13T
M 🙂
Wow, that is pretty cool that we posted images that featured a similar wooden structure of a boardwalk/bridge. The one at my marsh used to be wooden, but a few years ago, they replaced it with synthetic material (that still manages to retain a similar look–and has no splinters).
🙂
It’s nice to see the thing we’ve heard so much about. I’m surprised that it was built so high above the surface, but it must make for better viewing.
The water level is a bit low at the moment, but they are actually doing some construction work to raise one end of it, which floods after some other construction efforts to deepen some areas of the ponds. This is only one part of the boardwalk that winds in other places through cattails and some marshy spots.