Words and Light

Here’s one last diptych from my Susquehanna adventure last weekend.

As I wandered up and down some of the eastern stretch of City Island, the clouds moved over and created some wonderful colors on the ice-covered river.

Reflected in the water are the still-sunlit buildings of downtown Harrisburg.

I moved on — and then, the clouds passed and the sun’s rays were back on the ice. I hurried back to that patch where I’d been, and tried to recreate the same photo. I wasn’t entirely successful with matching the same angle, but you can still compare the two images pretty well.

The sunlit-buildings' reflections aren't so strong here - mainly because the water is now bluer.

It still amazes me, how profoundly the quality of light can transform a picture.