MISSISSIPPI RIVER STORIES 2021 #1 - THE ICE BREAKS UP


Yes, in 2021 I will continue with my visual Mississippi River stories that can be told with a photograph. Today the ice was finally in motion and big floes drifted slowly down the stream. I’m always amazed how high it can pile up if anything is in its path. I have photographed this marker near the end of the dike at John Deere Marsh several times before, and I knew it would help to tell the story about the break up of the ice on the Mississippi River. The SIGMA 150-600 is not my typical lens for landscape photography but I love the effect you can get for a picture like this. 

Nikon D750, Sigma 150-600mm / f5-6.3 DG OS HSM S,     @ 330 mm, 1/1000 s, f/8, ISO100