Frozen River shoot Part 1

[paulster78]

I've eventually got around to getting a few images together from Wednesday 8th December.  It was a day when the conditions out were very cold with extensive frost and rime ice on trees, skies were clear so some great winter scenes presented themselves. I had decided the night before to concentrate on rivers in my area and ended up visiting 4-5 rivers at different locations, getting there involved driving on minor roads that were like ice rinks and very dangerous. Some of the scenes i will never forget and i took 300+ images, heres a small selection





 



An example of the road conditions








The Mourne River froze solid as far as the eye can see

[JohnC]

Fantastic shots, Paul, unbelievable. The risk on the roads has been far outweighed by these stunning photos. If I had to choose a couple of favourites they would be 2 and 6 but tbh. I keep wavering between one and another. Will we get a repeat before the winter is over I wonder ? It's  back to below zero from Friday I see. Glad you made it back home  in one piece and with an intact car.

[DaveH64]

Cracking set, Enjoyed them.

[martinastro]

1,3,4,6, last, and second last are my favourites but as John said it's difficult to pic from such an excellent selection. Looks like you had an exceptional photo shoot with perfect conditions - ice, snow, frost, clear blue sky with Sun, the dangerous drive was more than worth it - stunning images!  , I am jealous!

[paulster78]

Thanks John, Dave and Martin.

John it looks like more snow before the weekend, this winter has a lot more to deliver yet.

Martin thats a turn up for the books, im usually jealous of your great images lol.   Yeah really enjoyed myself and as you say conditions were perfect, i just had to show up with the camera.  Will do a part 2 to this thread later on tonight and put a few more up. 

[rjgjr]

What an exceptional set of photographs Paul, great job! Hard to pick, but #2, #5 and the last one really strike me. Hard for me to tell why some rivers freeze and some don't, me living in a temperate climate, I guess it has to do with swiftness and depth of the water I would guess, but then again somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to Part 2.

[paulster78]

Thanks very much Richard, most of the frozen rivers i visited were slow moving so you are spot on.  The river channel in the last shot is man made and flows a little faster-just enough to keep the frost and ice at bay. I think this channel fed river water away from the main river towards a factory or something, im not familiar with the area because i sort of stumbled across it on my travels, it was a great find too