The Story Behind Icy Reflections
Icy Reflections by Thomas Detert
It was a beautiful, sunny and relatively mild winter day in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. My friend Jake Cormier and I decided to take a drive north of the city, along Highway 17 to explore the Lake Superior Shoreline.
As we headed north, we lost the sunshine, and the vast majority of the wind.
We drove all the way up to Agawa Bay, located in the southern end of Lake Superior Provincial Park. The experience was surreal. The lake was completely open and with the exception of some snow in spots along the shoreline, it looked and felt like a cool summer day.
You could see the sand, the sand bars, and even some remnants of the grass blades growing out of the sand.
We worked our way down south, back towards Sault Ste. Marie.. We stopped at a popular photo spot known as SawPit Bay. It was at this location I photographed “Icy Reflections”. We were losing the light. However, the darkening light and sky made for a nice somber mood to photograph little microcosms in the bay.
Icy Reflections is the ultimate photo from the day’s shoot. I really love the mood it captures.