Photo of the Week 2017-03-20

There is nothing quite like stepping out into the fresh, peaceful quiet of a winter morning with sun yet to peak over the tree line and spill it's light into view.

Watching the daylight arrive from my seat at the table while having morning coffee, again I decided to head down and the shore to make some images during the "magic hour" of light. It's really not even a full hour, that fleeting period just before the sun crests the horizon or tree line when all before you is bathed in silky soft, cool light. Then the sun soon peaks out and it all changes, it becomes warmer and gets slightly more harsh ... when the "golden hour" following "magic hour " arrives. So I needed to be out and ready at just the right time ...

I particularly like how the western horizon over Lake Huron glows with magenta and pink when skies are clear at this time of morning and turn my lens in that direction for images like the one below.

Winter Morning Hues 2017-03-19

As we say farewell to winter on this the first official day of Spring 2017, know I will miss crisp mornings and scenes like this on 'the Bruce' ...  but only until next winter.

DJE