Frozen Log Sunset

The branch... created a disruption in the ice

As the sun set over Eagle Creek Reservoir, I was hiking about looking at the beautiful sheet of ice that was freshly ensconcing the lake. I noticed that there were a number of pieces of driftwood and snags that were trapped in the ice. I ventured out onto the ice to take this photo.

Fun fact: dead trees that haven't fallen to the ground yet are called snags. Once they fall to the ground, we refer to them as logs. The branch photographed here created a disruption for the ice that had so pristinely covered the rest of the lake. It seemed so out of place, and yet it was exactly in the right spot. When the weather was warmer, I had kayaked passed this same branch in the water. Little did I know that I would be able to photograph it so well once it got a bit colder out.

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