Leaf, Ice, Reflections (B&W): Squamish, BC

I was attracted first to the swirls in the ice in this reflection pool.  The swooping shapes reminded me of gentle ocean waves.  As I knelt carefully on the narrow log for a closer look, I was struck by the depth of the scene, and the way the lines of the reflected trees seemed to converge on the single dried leaf caught on the ice.

I photographed the leaf and the ice in that way, staying as still as I could manage on the floating log.  I had time for only one exposure in the cold, rapidly fading evening light before making my way home in the dark.

Leaf, Ice, Reflections (B&W): Squamish, BC, 2001

This photograph won a Merit Award in B&W Magazine's 2008 Single Image Contest Awards Issue, Seascape/Water Category.  (Dec, 2007)

I have created two interpretations of this scene.  The Colour Photograph is a match to the original slide, while the Black and White Photograph is a second interpretation in monochrome.