I love the lake in the winter. It is such an alien landscape... thousands of splinters and shards jut up from the frozen waves for as far as the eye can see - only to be interrupted by dangerous looking patches of smooth black ice. Its really quiet... which is something you don't really expect at the shore - no waves hitting the sand or crashing into the pier.
I shot a few subpar photos when I was waiting for the sun to hit the horizon as a way of distracting myself from how ridiculously cold I was.
Then the sun broke through the clouds - the shards of ice like prisms, catching the bright pinks and magentas that painted the sky over the horizon. The cold blue-gray landscape suddenly came to life, the icy terrain acting as a mirror to the sunset in the distance.
I got out my camera to take a photo and it wouldn't turn on... the battery icon blinked at me and reminded me how big an idiot I was to not charge my dSLR before taking it out to shoot.
So I was left to appreciate the beautiful and fleeting moment without hopes of capturing it on my memory card. I was forced to appreciate the here and now, and not take the transient for granted.
I was reminded that sometimes it is best to get out from behind my lens, and looks at God's creation through the eyes that he created .. the ones on my face!
