So I'd been waiting for a clear day to head down to Steep Rock beach and do some shots now that we've had a bit of snowfall. Wow! What a surprise! Ok, bit of an explaination of the geology here. It's the east shore of Lake Manitoba so of course, the sunset casts that nice glow on the beach that made the summer shots so warm. It also means that the wind comes in from the west almost all the time. Now, we've had at least three cycles of snow and thaw since winter started, so all that melt has built up the fantastic sheets of ice that are coating the rocks. It's also allowed the waves to splash up against the cliffs, freeze, stick, fall away, splash again, freeze again, etc. There's actually places that have almost two foot high sheets that have slowly sagged out at different angles! So I'm walking around this scene, honestly wondering how it would be possible to take a shitty picture. Unfortunately, I brought the pups with me. This meant that I couldn't exactly take the shots I wanted. You try operating a camera in one hand while you've got two play-fighting excitable pups on leash in the other. Oh, add onto that rather smooth-soled boots and well, ok, you're standing on ice. Get the picture? I sure didn't. Today it was cloudy again but I'm sure the ice formations won't change that much inbetween now and the next sunny day. If it starts to snow again before that though, I'll be out there for sure! The sunset light didn't seem to add to much to the pictures though. I think a harsh diagonal light would be best. Show up the contrast and edges of the forms and give more reflections and refractions. This is going to be one hot place for pics this winter!