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Lake Erie winters bring exhilaration

Posted by Photonstopper on November 20, 2016
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Photo: Wind-driven waves on the Lake Erie Shoreline, city of Cleveland in the background. Photo by James Guilford.

November Gale Arrives Early

November ushers in the change of seasons. Autumn is ending. Winter is beginning. We transitioned from warm and sunny conditions one day, to cold and snowing the next. Overnight we received about three inches of wet snow in Medina, Ohio. Wanting to get out, we ventured north to the shores of Lake Erie. Call me crazy but I find exhilarating the wild weather often experienced at the edge of our Great Lake. Today, with steady northwest winds of about 20 miles-per-hour, the lake offered plenty of action — and it was mighty cold! The air temperature of about 34 degrees (F) equated to something in the 20s, and as I explored camera in hand, those hands and my ears quickly began to ache. Now that I live farther inland, my visits to Lake Erie’s coast are less convenient and less frequent; they are no less exciting.

Photo: Breakwall is Pummeled by Wind-Driven Waves. Photo by James Guilford.

Breakwall is Pummeled by Wind-Driven Waves

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The Day Began That Way

Posted by Photonstopper on August 11, 2013
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Photo: Waves roll ashore highlighted by beaming sun. Photo by James Guilford.

The Day Began This Way

I stopped by the Lake Erie shoreline again Saturday morning. The sun was breaking through some high clouds and I wanted to see the interplay of morning sunlight and lake waters; It was exciting! The waves, while not large, constantly smashed against break walls and crawled up the sandy beach. The sky, to the east and south, was mostly clear but clouds were moving in from the northwest. I had a wonderful time, shooting more than 200 exposures of waves, water, sun, clouds, and more. A couple of my favorite “sun” photos are shown here. Maybe, one day, I will post more here or on my gallery site. For now, these will have to do.

Photo: Sun over Lake Erie with Cleveland Skyline in distance. Photo by James Guilford.

Dark Sunburst

And the lake will emerge again

Posted by Photonstopper on March 9, 2013
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Photo: Snow pellets on ice. Photo by James Guilford.

Snow pellets appear as powdered sugar on an otherwise-smooth sheet of ice.

I took a little midday trip to the Lake Erie shore at Huntington Beach Friday. It was cold but at least the wind was not hard. Still, by the end of my brief session my fingers were stiff and red from holding my Canon PowerShot G11 bare-handed. I could have spent a couple of hours there exploring the scene; the light was gradually changing and there were so many interesting shapes and patterns to discover. My schedule and cold-hurting hands forced me to leave all too soon. The lake was frozen over for as far as I could see. Mounds of ice had piled along the sands, apparently from previous thaws followed by freezing. Ice and snow, recently deposited, gave texture to open areas of ice. Spring comes soon, ice will merge with the waters it hides, and the lake will emerge again.

Photo: Fractured ice sheets piled on a beach. Photo by James Guilford.

Plates of broken ice pile over one-another on the sandy beach.