New Day on Lake St. Clair... For days, I had wanted to catch the ice blowing over from Canada to the Michigan shoreline. Some of the ice floes in the foreground of this photograph were standing 20 feet up in the air. When I saw that the expected high temperature was 65 degrees, I knew that this was my last chance; I took the day off work, packed my photo gear and set my alarm for 4:00am.
The ice starts as a sheet on the lake's surface, forming with days of sub-freezing temperatures. Strong winds crack the ice and break it into large floating pieces. Then the winds push the ice until it hits something to stop it... in this case, the Michigan shoreline. What you see is a mostly-frozen lake. As the sun's first rays hit the ice and I clicked away, the ice started making deafening cracking noises. I spent almost six hours behind the lens that morning for the exact shot I wanted. By afternoon, most of this ice had completely melted.
23 responses
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Jake Booher said (3 Jan 2008):
love this!
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Klaus Girk gave props (3 Jan 2008):
Nice job, great color, balance and properly submitted.
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Lina Palmerin said (4 Jan 2008):
beautiful!
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Laurie Search gave props (4 Jan 2008):
Fabulous photo!
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Mojca Savicki gave props (5 Jan 2008):
This is wonderful!
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Jerrica Raglin said (8 Jan 2008):
Lovely work.
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Merrick Kingston gave props (9 Jan 2008):
Oo!
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Angela Mollura gave props (25 Jan 2008):
Wonderful ... you've got my vote!
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Melissa Gurdus said (27 Jan 2008):
Exquisite photo with dazzling colors, lighting and sharp focus!!
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Laurie Search gave props (29 Jan 2008):
Absolutely beautiful!
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chris wigmore gave props (14 Feb 2008):
just beautiful
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Marshall gave props (27 Apr 2008):
very pretty. nice job.
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tom leeman said (25 May 2008):
Awesome
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Jessica Martinez gave props (27 May 2008):
Amazing, your photos are wonderful.
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Jessica Martinez gave props (27 May 2008):
Amazing
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Keith Skinner gave props (19 Jul 2008):
Stunning Image Spike!
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Denise Monk said (7 Oct 2008):
Wow..this is a great capture.
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William McDonald gave props (1 Nov 2008):
the perfect photograph!
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Christopher Long gave props (3 Nov 2008):
Great capture!
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Renee Gundrum gave props (7 Oct 2009):
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!
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Cheroc Sebti said (11 Oct 2009):
Fire and Ice, beautiful!
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:) L P gave props (25 Oct 2009):
beautiful!
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Santiago Padilla gave props (4 Nov 2009):
Great shot. Voted.
