This is the harbor looking out from Sea Cliff beach, which faces north. A couple of days ago I did an aerial photograph of this part of the harbor with my drone. So on this day, after I did the drone photographs I saw that there were some nice photographs to be had from the ground. What is interesting here at Sea Cliff beach are the really thick ice blocks that we are not seeing on the beach at the foot of our hill. The difference is that at our beach, there are sandbars that go out at least one hundred or more feet. Here at this beach, the beach drops off quickly. The light was perfect for this, illuminating the ends of the blocks making them look more three dimensional.
When I turned and looked to the west, the low afternoon sun showed the blocks of ice in different light and I loved the dark clouds on the horizon.
When I was done down on the beach I drove up to the park that overlooks the harbor and got a nice sense of how far out the ice is. I love the bright light on part of the ice - that was formed by the clouds blocking the light from the dark areas. The tall buildings you see on the skyline in the center are in New Rochelle.
Then I used a long telephoto lens and you can see Sands Point with all the trees, then the mansion on the tip of the land, and then in the distance, Execution Rocks and the lighthouse. The ice from Hempstead Harbor at this point is way beyond the harbor itself now.
3 comments:
Great photos. Unbelievable, the size of the ice chunks. Hope for warmer temperatures.
Great winter photos of the ice and the harbor. Amazing to see so far off in the distance. Nice scenery but I agree with Joan, looking forward to warmer temperatures. Trace
If it wasn't for the trees in the upper right of the the top photo, I would say you took this picture somewhere near the North Pole.
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