Breaking up the reflection

Family of wood ducks

Breaking up the reflection

They don't seem to mind

Beauty all around

Look down and you'll find

cloud reflections on the pond.

Beauty all around!

"Up North"

Some pictures taken while away for a short trip to Wisconsin's lake country.  Upper pictures are from lake plants and their reflections in the morning fog.  I also experienced a fish attack by "sunnies" while shooting some of these pictures.

The loon, pictured above, was seemly unafraid of the kayak that I used to take pictures from.

Pictured right is a roadside field of sunflowers that we discovered on the way up to the north woods cabin.

Reflections

Reflections from a flooded sidewalk, with maple leaves 

Cloud and tree reflections by pond's edge

Reflection

This reflective photo from the pond at Bassett Creek Park has something of an in and out of focus feeling to it.  It is something of a feeling to which I can relate.

The clearest area of focus is water,  caused by melting ice and snow on the pond. The brownish colors are tannins from the leaves and other natural material.  After a nice foot of snow a few days ago most all of it melted with temperatures well into the 30s.

Pond art

On morning walks around Bassett Creek Pond I'm sometimes struck by the beautiful mirror images created between the water and the sky.

I've rotated the middle image 90 degrees just for curiosity sake.

Fall reflections





The clouds and the reflections off the pond were extraordinary yesterday. 

I captured some of the images above.  Fall is a great time to reflect.