The Ice Storm of 2013

Farm-scape after ice storm near Bradford, Ontario

On Christmas Eve day I spent several hours driving around to take in the beauty of the ice laden landscape and create a few fresh photographs. For these images I wanted to focus on the beauty that the ice storm created. To me it appears as though the landscape is made of crystal.

Hope you enjoy these scenes…to see the larger, sharper versions please click on each image 🙂

Winter pond after ice storm near Cookstown, Ontario

Holland River after ice storm near Bradford, Ontario

Ice laden trees lining agricultural field near Bradford, Ontario

Ice laden trees lining agricultural field near Bradford, Ontario with a panoramic crop

 

 

 

 

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Ice, Ice, and More Ice

Icicles After Storm and Sugar Maple Leaf

A wild and wicked ice storm hit southern Ontario late Saturday night / early Sunday morning and has since left a vast amount of folks without hydro for what may be 3 days. In Toronto alone there was upwards of 350,000 people without power. Never a good thing, especially in winter. Let’s hope these folks have their hydro back on soon. Fortunately, I was spared any issues at my rural home north of Toronto. We only received a small amount of freezing rain and did not lose any hydro or tree limbs.

Today, I was in Toronto and decided to capture a couple of images to illustrate the thickness of ice on the trees and on my way home captured a late evening farmscape cloaked in ice.

On a side note, I was invited by friend, colleague, and mentor Arthur Morris, to write a guest post the Birds As Art blog. Please click here to see The Three Frosties blog post.

Please click on each of the images to view the larger, sharper versions.

Evergreen and Ice

Winter Farm-scape Cloaked in Ice

 

 

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Ice Storm Aftermath

Above is one of the roadsigns near my home after today’s lengthy periods of freezing rain. The driving conditions were fine for me however, much of the landscape was coated in thick ice. I spent several hours driving around capturing various scenes from along the roadways. Here are a few of the images I created this afternoon.

For the folks that are in the vicinity of the Burlington Art Gallery in  southern Ontario on Saturday April 13th, don’t forget Mike Grandmaison’s seminar for the Latow Photographers Guild. Click here for further details.

Wetland after ice storm, Barrie, Ontario

Page-wire fence and ice

Lone tree in field after ice storm, Thornton, Ontario

Forest coated in ice after the storm, Thornton, Ontario

Rural scene after ice storm, Thornton, Ontario

Winter trees after ice storm, Thornton, Ontario

 

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