Erie Shoreline
During a winter storm, pounding waves and spray coated everything with ice, leaving some beautiful icicle sculptures behind.
These images were taken after a very windy night along Lake Erie. We were celebrating Christmas with family in the Leamington area and, as was my usual habit, I stole away for a few hours to do some photography. The pictures are from a series of icicle pictures I took along the shoreline that day. During a winter storm, pounding waves and spray coated everything with ice, leaving some beautiful icicle sculptures behind. For a prairie boy like me, open water in winter is always a novelty.
These photographs were taken on film and later digitized. I use Adobe Lightroom to organize and process my digital photographs. Lightroom offers amazing tools for getting the best out of each photograph, including some creative options that allow the photographer to create new ways of interpreting the scene. In this gallery, the first photograph in a series is the “straight” shot where I’ve just adjusted white balance and exposure to get the best out of the shot. I’ve also included several alternate interpretations by manipulating colour, exposure, and vignetting. Variations offer a new way of seeing the original scene and I’ve enjoyed creating them.
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Film: I don’t remember which film I used to photograph Erie Shoreline. My favourites were Kodachrome 64 or Fujichrome 100, so it’s likely one of them.
Camera: Nikon FE2 or Nikon FM2 (Again, I don’t remember.)
Lenses: I do remember which lenses I used. Most of these images were taken with my Nikon Series E 70-2010 f/4. A few were taken with a Nikkor 105 f/2.5. Don’t scoff at the Series E - I found it to be a really sharp lens.
Filters: I used a polarizing filter for a number of these photographs. I also pulled out my Nikon R60 (Red) filter and mounted it on the 105 f/2.5 for the photograph of the water lapping on the sand.
