After several days of frigid temperatures, ice formed on the ponds at Huntley Meadows Park. Yesterday morning, it was finally above freezing and mist was rising from the ice, joining the low-hanging fog.
The sunlight was not strong enough to pierce the thick gray clouds and the winter landscape was almost monochromatic, filled with a sense of bleakness and desolation.
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Mike Powell 
It’s its own kind of beautiful Mike.
Thanks, Dan. I agree that there is a kind of stark beauty to the scene, but it’s one that I know doesn’t appeal to some folks. Sunsets and flowers have a more universal appeal, I’ve found, but I will photograph almost anything that I find that interests me.
Well, you can put me in the “likes fog” camp. Nature gives us a lot to marvel at.
I love fog too, though I find it hard to capture very well with my camera.
I love scenes like that one, but I don’t suppose that too many people ever get to see them.
The park was pretty deserted at the time. It was a near 40 degrees when I took the photo, though it had been about 16 degrees earlier in the week at the same time of day.
It’s interesting to note that if I would would title a blog Winter Landscape, I would expect sunshine and a fresh layer of snow. Climates matter.
Climate matters. We set a record for the warmest December ever, so waking up to temperatures of 16 degrees F was bracing, to say the least. No snow yet, but perhaps that will come soon enough for us.
Something special about seeing a landscape as it expresses all of it’s many moods.
Thanks, Charlie. Weather and seasons can really change the look of a scene.
Sometimes bleak is good Mike!
There is definitely a stark beauty to a bleak landscape, a kind of minimalism that I really like.
Okay, you got me! I thought that was a pictures of ducks with tails turned up! OOPS!
It could have been ducks, but they would have been frozen into the ice in that position.
I love the bleakness of this Mike, very evocative.
Thanks, Helen. I realize that many folks find beauty in “pretty” images, but, as you noted, images like this one can bring forth deeper feelings.