February 13, 2017

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Another six or seven inches of snow yesterday meant another day off work today.  It warmed up a bit and the sun came out, which made cleanup a bit easier and also produced icicles.  While out clearing drifted snow from the driveway in late afternoon, I noticed a rather large icicle hanging from the corner of the house.  With the setting sun as a backdrop, the ice refracted the light nicely.

In these shots, I varied between nearly wide open and completely closed down apertures to either isolate the icicles and water droplets or to catch a nice star-like sun. I try not to point out issues with the images, but I can’t help but acknowledge that I sacrificed composition for effect.  In the middle image below, my minds-eye was keying on the competing lines and patterns created by the tree trunk, the branches, and the icicles – all framing and pointing to the setting sun – and it feels like there is too much going on in that one.  Definitely something to keep in mind should another such idea pop up.

Icicles Nature New England Sunset Winter