The water in our rivers in Northern Virginia does not freeze over very often, but late in December we had a spell of really cold weather. When I arrived at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge the temperature was well below freezing, but I was bundled up pretty well so it did not bother me much. The landscape seemed particularly stark in the early morning light as I captured several different images, concentrating on showing the icy waters.
These are definitely not the typical kind of shots that I normally shoot, but decided that it was worthwhile to capture the feel of that frigid winter morning.
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Fabulous pictures, Mike.
Mike, Your shot with the bare shrubs and trees framing the icy expanse says cold and frigid best for me. But the dimmed sun reflecting over the water is fine, too.
I’m still waiting to receive the British Rose Journal to send it along to you containing your photo of Am. Robin eating Rosa palustris hips in the snow with my article on palustris. Thanks! Don
Thanks for the update, Don, and for your comments about the images. I figured that the different photos would speak differently to different viewers, each one expressing the idea of the cold weather in a slightly different way.
You captured the feeling of that frigid morning so well, Mike, that I am compelled to go get one more cup of very hot coffee. And socks.
Cool landscape photographs. Very cool. Brrrr!
Nice series of images Mike! Enjoyed seeing them!!
Beautiful winter images and nice structures in the ice.
Isn’t that too cool!