Whitefish Point Fishing Boats

Black & White Beach

I have found that I prefer photographs of driftwood and stones on the beach when portrayed in black and white.  These photos from Whitefish Point took on a more dramatic look and feel when I converted them from their original color to black and white. 

Whitefish Point Beach Shadows

Whitefish Point Melting Ice

It is hard to believe that two months ago, Valerie and I walked across these same ice cliffs along the shore of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior.  That time the lake was frozen as far as the eye could see.  The cliffs were still over the past weekend, but they had shrunken significantly.  The sand that the winter wind had stirred up and had been captured in the freezing ice piles has now become exposed to the warming air and the ice is covered with a thin layer of sand and small stones.  In a month, all this will most likely have melted and the beach will return to its warm-weather appearance.

Whitefish Point Driftwood, Stones, & Sand