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Winter Waterways
February 2005
Our cover photograph by Richard Bruner is one of those rare but wonderful winter images in which everything seems just right—a bright, clear day, the sun casting its warm light on the trunks of trees as well as on the heavy snow blanket, snow on the branches as well as on evergreens in the distance, water running down a brook at a rapid pace—an idyllic winter scene.
Ice is the symbol of winter, and all our photographs in this portfolio show different images of ice. In our cover photograph there is ice on some of the branches in the distance, and probably some in the stream. In our first double spread, however, we have large bubbles of ice that are especially dramatic. When ice assumes those lovely, round shapes it seems transparent, like blown glass. Photographer Hella Viola captured images of perfect circles in her photograph of bubbles on the left—and her print won an honorable mention in our recent photography contest. Loraine Arnold also deserves praise for capturing what she called “Ice Kisses,” lovely frozen icicles hanging from the branch of a tree.
In the next spread we see images of ice taking different shapes. In another of her photographs, Loraine Arnold has captured what she called “The Biting Teeth of Winter”—long icicles hanging from what seems like a rock above the frozen water. And on the right, there is a striking image of blocks of ice floating on water, captured by photographer Carol Meldrom.
In the next spread there are frozen waterfalls. On the left we see snow covering what may be the bottom of a ravine in the photograph by Linda Ortega. And on the right we see a frozen stream winding its way through clusters of trees. In both scenes, the sun is shining brightly, creating glistening surfaces in the snow.
We end with “Winter at the Falls” by John Aylward. This, too, is an image of a sunny day with blue sky above. Icicles can be seen on the rocks, and there are islands of ice in the water. But what is most dramatic is the falling water, which continues flowing into the stream below despite the freezing weather.
-David Finn
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