There was hardly any wind this morning though the weather report said there would be 10mph winds. I had not been to the lake since Monday 2/21/22 and with the warming trend over 40° for a couple of days I was not sure what to expect. There were a couple inches of snow most of which had blown off the ice.
This was with the Loxia 21mm with a 6 stop ND filter.
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It's not often that I get to see the ice forming at the lake. The waves were not huge but carried enough force to smash chunks of ice against the ice walls throwing the remnants 30 feet into the air.
Started shooting at 6:50am, the weather is warming up into the 40's tomorrow, the time of winter when I feel sorry to see the ice start to leave. Right after taking this this shot I was hit by a wave of water and chunks of ice from my right side. The water froze on my jacket, camera and tripod. My ice cleats kept me planted on the ice - I would never go out here without them.
Same general spot as the last entry, but a little earlier and the tripod was set a little higher. I was surprised to see how much the ice continued to build up in the last few days. The mound to the right is probably 15-20 feet high and the waves that piled up the ice would have been pretty strong. I probably won't make it back until Thursday and there will be two days above freezing so some of this might be falling back into the lake. I'd like to see this continue into next month. There was a guy sitting on the other side of this ice formation waiting for the sunrise with his camera and tripod.
No ND filter as the water was almost still. I am not sure how I will process this image as I realize that these are not documents. The camera did freeze up twice and I had to turn off the camera, remove the battery and start up again.
