Close Encounters

When you revisit an area repeatedly, you get to know it well. Your mind's eye starts to pick up little details in how the light or weather changes the location. You start to notice new compositional opportunities both across the grand landscape and in smaller sections as shown in this image of a section of woodland near a frozen lake.

 

A week prior, the ice on this frozen lake was visible. Then a winter storm blew in and covered the ice with a nice layer of snow. When I was driving into my local state park, I immediately noticed the long shadows cast from the barren trees from the early morning sun. I was filled with excitement as this represented a new element to explore and photograph. How would I go about capturing such a busy scene as the light poured around the trees? The elements I wanted to portray included diagonal lines intersecting with vertical lines from the trees, alternating light and shadow, and a bit of motion and ethereal quality from ICM to create this final image.

 

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