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Mike wrote:
> OK, the answer to yesterday's challenge.
>
> Joel was of course right. It _is_ an attractive abstract pattern. That's
> what caught my eye at first. Many people guessed ice and they are
> technically correct ... to a point. John and Boris were were right on
> when they said it was a lake. Sorry AG, salt water never freezes around
> here. The actual subject is Trout Lake which is located about 1/2
> mile/1km directly through the woods from our house. The slide was dated
> 1979 which is the last time the lake froze deep enough and smooth enough
> for skating. Usually a hard freeze here is accompanied by strong NE
> winds which ripple the surface and since we don't have a zamboni skating
> is out of the question. Also it usually doesn't remain cold long enough
> to get 10" thick like it did in '79. That year the lake froze during
> calm weather and then the Nor'easter blew in resulting in perfect
> skating conditions. Except for one thing and that is all the fir cones
> and other debris blown or thrown onto the ice. Anyone ever skip rocks on
> a frozen lake between hills? The picture doesn't show this debris
> because I cloned much of it out. It looked like the dust specks do on a
> negative, i.e. white specks. The photo was taken from a bluff
> overlooking the lake, perhaps 50 feet or so up. As I mentioned I used
> the 135/3.5 but what I didn't mention was the polarizer. Wow! That ice
> really came to life. I had intended to use the tele to take some photos
> of people skating but ended up just photographing the ice surface.
> Another thing about this lake is that it is the town water supply. In
> this case the lake remained frozen long enough for the lake level to be
> drawn down a bit. Should have heard all of the creaking and groaning! It
> actually became a bit dangerous as the lake melted and the sides sloped
> toward the middle.
> So all you folks residing in the now frozen north should get out your
> polarizer.
>
> As for the prize winners, I've taken a hack saw to the OM3t and divided
> it up as fairly as I could. The lens was tougher as there are an uneven
> number of elements. Did the best I could considering the size of the
> hammer. Watch your mailboxes :)
>
> Mike
>
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