Kip’s Comments - December 8, 2024 — LadagePhotography.com

Shades of Gray Displays

With the first shotgun deer season of 2024 underway I opted not to wander too far in my typical areas. Instead, I concentrated my photographic efforts along the shore of a frozen river and over Sweet Marsh.

Most interesting for me were the very unusual ice patterns/formations visible only by low altitude flight. While in the air I did see trumpeter swans, one Ross’s goose, and hundreds of Canada geese.

Note: These aerial ice pattern images were not as simple as putting a drone in the air and snapping photos. The patterns were only in certain areas of the marsh and best viewed from specific directions. Altitude mattered too in the compositions. I did not remove any color from the ice pattern images. Each image was a shade of gray display.

My favorite ice pattern image was 931735 (the last one in this series - not the aerial of the Canada geese.)