White Savage River

The winter was too warm. We hadn't seen any cold or snow for weeks. I was in withdrawal. Sunday morning I awoke to 10 inches of heavy, but beautiful, snow. By 7:00 am I was in the car heading for the closest natural scenery I could find, about a mile from my house. I got out on the trail and practically ran down the trail towards a view of the river. As I turned the corner and saw the water turned green with snowy slush, I was elated. I carefully climbed down the steep, slippery embankment to the rocks along the river and then scooched across the ridge of a large boulder hanging over the water. Perched precariously on the slippery rock, I took out the tripod and captured the 21 images that composed this print. I considered printing this in black and white, but I decided that I liked the duo-tone effect of white snow and green water. Almost all the snow melted by noon that day. I was satisfied that I had captured the river at peak snowiness.