Sept. 22, 2013 - Frosty Morning on the North Shore

Diana and I just returned from a week on the North Shore of Lake Superior. I was out early one morning and realized that the temperature had dropped below freezing. Frost was coating all the plants. I rushed to take photos before the sun melted everything. You can see the tiny frozen droplets on the petals of this aster flower.

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These leaves must have been covered with dew when the temperature dropped below 32 degrees

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This dried up Mullein plant would usually point straight up in the air. For some reason, it was bent over like a shepherd’s crook. As a result, only the top surface was frosted.

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These small flowers are Orange Hawkweed and the petals are edged in ice.

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Even the ferns displayed a nice white coating.

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These red berries have small ice droplets on them. The edges of the leaves are covered with frost. Even the holes in the leaves are outlined in white. One part of the leaf has curled over and the back side has more frost than the front side.

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One of the first things you learn as a photographer is to have the sun at your back. Well, sometimes that rule needs to be broken. I was standing along one side of the Baptism River near Finland, Minnesota. Heavy fog was lifting off the river and the sun was rising behind some pine trees on the other side. That early, golden light lit up the outlines of the trees and I took one of my favorite photos of the whole trip.

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