Rivers and shorelines

Water is the other half of a lot of prairie photographs. The rivers, lakes, and marshes all hold the sky, and on a still morning they double it.

These were made across Manitoba in every season, from sunrise fog and autumn shorelines to frosted riverbanks, spring flooding, and winter ice. The best light is usually the first hour after sunrise, before the wind roughens the surface.

Calm water is the point of most of these. I wait for the wind to drop, shoot low to the surface, and let the reflection do half the work.

Golden sunrise over a still river with a church spire on the far shore

Photos

  • Golden sunrise over a still river with a church spire on the far shore
  • Orange river fog at dawn with a church steeple and reflections
  • Frosted trees mirrored in open river water after the first snow
  • Frozen shoreline and ice floes in late autumn, in black and white
  • Autumn trees reflected in a calm blue lake at dusk
  • Fishing boat on a river at sunrise, glowing orange in the mist
  • Bridge pier rising out of river fog at sunrise
  • Flooded river trees in spring, in black and white
  • Sunset over a river bank with the sun just above the horizon
  • Wooded island reflected in calm water at dawn
  • Rocky shoreline and pale beach on a quiet lake, in black and white
  • Flooded park trees standing in spring meltwater, in black and white
  • Sun reflected in a marsh channel among cattails at sunset
  • Lift bridge crossing a frozen river in winter
  • Purple and orange sunset clouds over a river bend
  • Misty waterfront and a distant boat, in black and white

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