Images from the world around us
Ice on the Rocks
It’s really not redundant. This is a modest collection of images consisting of ice on rocks. That’s all.
The location has become a favorite of mine. If you’re familiar with the area, park at the trail head where Chase Road meets Route 29 at the confluence of the main and east branches of Harveys Creek and walk up the hill. You’ll see the rocks on your right. In the spring (February this year!), you’ll find that the water seeping through the rocks makes wonderful formations. It’s a nice place any time of year – you can walk up to the ridge that separates Wyoming Valley from the Back Mountain – nice woods and wonderful views.
But it’s the emerging ice that gets to me. I didn’t really expect to find any – I was just going to walk up the hill. But there it was and, for some reason it’s irresistible to me. I had a conversation about this with my photo-friend Phil. I told him I figured out why I take close-up pictures of ice. I have to! He being the master of The New Topographics understood this. If your radar is on and you’re in the zone, there are some things that you just can’t pass by without making a few images.
An evening under the clouds on Harveys Lake, PA.
An old picture creates a new friendship.
Pow-wow in Noxen, PA
A friend of my said ‘you gotta make your obsessions work for you’
Looks like you are…..
The trick is to recognize when it becomes self indulgent and no longer makes a statement or caries a message to the viewer.
-phil
I’m tempted to say, “Best ice yet!” but all of your ice-o-grams are excellent and it would be difficult to choose a favorite. I think this one appeals so much because it carries your trademark, more-than-subtle hint of Spring, which I love. To quote a favorite poet:
“Spring is here regardless.
She’s turned Old Winter down.
No ice, no snow, no empty bowls
Till he comes back around.”
Ice is magical, always: and you are never redundant!