Penning Photography Daily

No swimming, and no walking on the ice of this pond either.

It was a frosty morning for a walk in Lincoln Park in Springfield, Illinois. All surfaces that hadn’t yet been touched by the sun’s warmth were sparkling with frost. As I walked around the perimeter of the park, I had to move from the roadway path to the grass on occasion. The black-ice effect was making my footing unsure on those frost-laden spots. No problem on the grass, I made it around in a vertical fashion, with no sudden prone splats.

The small pond or lagoon here, had a very rough surface. From fallen leaves, or stones and sticks thrown, by local children trying to crack the icy crust no doubt, the ice was dimpled and spotted. The sun caught all the small rough spots and had them glistening in reflected light.

Here, I framed the scene to include part of the no swimming sign. I wanted to get the sparkle of the sun, the long shadows of early morning light and that rough ice surface.

Gives me the chills just looking at it.