For a number of years, I adopted a neighborhood pond as my photographic muse. Being a short walk from the house, it was a readily available place to experiment with light, colors, reflections, and textures. My favorite time at the pond is during winter sunsets, when snow and ice transform the land and water, and leafless trees let the colors of the sky stream through their canopy.
When the conditions are right, an ordinary drainage pond can transform into a thing of ever-changing beauty. This portfolio is a small sampling of my many walks down to Wellington Pond.
Winter is the season of fire and ice.
Sunset clouds reflect where the ice has melted on the pond.
Golden horizons.
Sometimes the sky can be one big cotton field.
Silhouettes against beautiful orange hues.
Blood red clouds against a cobalt sky, reflected on micro-thin patches of frazzle ice.
Frozen footsteps leading to the sun.
Brooding colors on the heels of a passing storm.
Blue green algae give the ice an amazing hue under a beautiful sky of winter clouds.
Evening color on a snow covered day.
Shadows across a rippled snow bank.
A summer sunset demanding a visit to the pond.
Fall color on Wellington pond.
Winter blues.
A summer storm of pink and purple.
The ice patterns and textures reflect soft pink clouds.
The beauty of air and water.
Icy snow reflecting the sunset.
Contrails and clouds.
Red beyond description.
Fall color on the pond.
Twilight reflection of snow covered trees.
Heavy snow cover at Wellington Pond.
Melt pools create a nice mix of reflection and opaque ice..
Sunset after Winter Storm Blair.
One of the best reflected sunsets ever for color throughout the sky!