Dream Lake

[JimFox]

On Monday I hiked up to Dream and Emerald Lakes. I videoed the hike, so I have a 2 hour video coming. It was super windy, it looked like the sunset was a bust. Since it was gettting darker, I packed up my video gear and cameras and started hiking back before it got too dark. I walked about 200 feet down the trail turned around and saw the color busting through! So I turned back and ran back up the snowy trail onto the ice of Dream Lake to take some photos.

So this is one of them. I am a little over 10,000 feet here. It was a warmer day for the rockies, high 30's, but the wind as usual was really bad on the open lake. Probably gusting to about 40 mph.

Nikon Z8
Nikon 24-200mm

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

The lake froze over with wind ripples in the ice? Speaks volumes about both the wind and the cold up there. Very nice colors and reflections on the ice.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Alan!

Yep, that's frozen ripples in the ice. It's not a lake you would want to ice skate on!

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks Alan!

Yep, that's frozen ripples in the ice. It's not a lake you would want to ice skate on!

Think of it as a built in leg vibration massager while you skate

 

[MonikaC]

Nice, Jim. I like the reflection of the sunset colors in the ice.
40mph gust are nothing....as you very well know! Still hard for the camera stability.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Pretty scene with some amazing colors and reflection of the colors in the frozen lake is attention grabbing.

 

[JimFox]

Nice, Jim. I like the reflection of the sunset colors in the ice.
40mph gust are nothing....as you very well know! Still hard for the camera stability.

Thanks Monika. I totally agree about the wind. I have been up there in much worse where I had to lean into the wind. And you see some people without cleats up there and they are literally being blown across the ice. Like I would not want to have been up there today, I bet the winds would have been up into the 60-70mph range.

 

[JimFox]

Pretty scene with some amazing colors and reflection of the colors in the frozen lake is attention grabbing.

Thanks Jameel! It's a fun lake that's not too hard to get to, just hard enough to make you feel like you worked for it.

 

[MonikaC]

Thanks Monika. I totally agree about the wind. I have been up there in much worse where I had to lean into the wind. And you see some people without cleats up there and they are literally being blown across the ice. Like I would not want to have been up there today, I bet the winds would have been up into the 60-70mph range.

That's what it's been like here, at home for the last couple of weeks. I would be perfectly happy to get some calm weather! Maybe when I get to Death Valley next week........

 

[John Holbrook]

Love the sky’s color and its reflection below. I love the two color composition you captured. Gorgeous.

 

[JimFox]

That's what it's been like here, at home for the last couple of weeks. I would be perfectly happy to get some calm weather! Maybe when I get to Death Valley next week........

Hopefully you do get calmer winds out in DV, as it's no fun there when it's windy.

 

[JimFox]

Love the sky’s color and its reflection below. I love the two color composition you captured. Gorgeous.

Thank you John, it was a very nice surprise.

 

[Jeffrey]

Beautiful image. Looks real cold.....

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful image. Looks real cold.....

Thanks Jeffrey! It was a bit cold but not bad. It must be my Minnesota blood, but I like it cold.