What’s so amazing about the Great Lakes is that they are… great. As in big. Lake Michigan is just about an hour drive from my house and it is an amazing place in both summer and winter. During the winter months, the waves hit the shore and freeze and form these fantastic iceberg-esque structures along the shore called “shelf ice.” Beyond the piles of ice and snow, the frozen lake stretches far out as far as you can see. When you are standing out on the edge of the ice, looking at what seems to be a vast frozen land of ice and snow, with the sun coming through the clouds and gleaming off the patches of ice, shimmering it’s setting path across the vast lake, it’s easy to forget you are in Michigan, and even easier to imagine that this is just a tiny glimpse of what the Arctic might be like. I love to imagine that I am standing there, on the edge of the world, looking over the vast expanse of a frozen world, and that for a few moments, I am just experiencing the quiet stillness of a world undisturbed by industry and progress.
Chad and I visited the dunes of Michigan City last Sunday. He had never been there to experience the climb up Mount Baldy and to walk out on the shelf ice. So it was fun to introduce him to the coolness that is Michigan City. I love going out there and shooting the lighthouse and the dunes and the sun on the ice. It was just another magnificent day to climb a huge hill, stand there at the edge of the water and drink in huge breaths of the atmosphere. Check out the gallery of the day >>
This looks awesome! I love how cold and almost foreign the water looks. These would be excellent photo references for Tim Young and his waterscape painting series. You should especially show him 5229 and 5318. It fits his style and everything.