Rime

Sea water is not supposed to freeze…too much salt. Of course it does freeze under the right conditions. Here, as the tide fell, it left a delicate rime of ice on the grasses of the marsh behind the dunes, beside the river, and, mixed with fresh river water, froze at least to semi-solid in the tiny pool in the hollow of the grasses.

I took many shots of different rime formations in the low sun of this February day. I like the composition of this one, the strong slanting line which divides the smooth patterns of the water from the frozen grasses…which I feel sets off the delicate detail of the bold swirling patters above.

This is another shot from the series I took on my very international trip to gather winter images at some of my local hot spots. Parson’s Beach in this case, about 2 miles from my front door.

Sony DSC H50 zoomed to about 100mm equiv. to crop. F5.6 @ 1/640th @ ISO 100. Programed Auto. Snow Scene select with -.7 EV exposure compensation.

In Lightroom the image was cropped slightly on the left to remove a dark shaddow in the upper corner. Recovery to bring out the details in the rime. Some added Clarity and Sharpness, and a bit of Vibrance to pick up the gold tones of the grasses underneath.

From Winter Weather: Kennebunk.