As water cascades over the Brighton dam, splashes from it freezes as it hits the surrounding boulders and mounds of snow. Over time, the frozen splashes build into incredible shapes that hover over the rapidly moving water. In winters when we have weeks upon end of temperatures that never rise above freezing, these ice shelves on each side of the falls continue to build until they meet forming a tunnel that conceals the falls entirely.
That’s not happening this year. Our warm days wash away the build up. 
During bitterly cold periods, however, ice shelves form as shown here. The edges have smooth beads of ice stuck together in interesting, irregular ways. Seen from above (right), the beads catch my camera’s flash. The mottled pattern in the almost-clear ice shelf are droplets of water on the underside. Depending upon temperature fluctuations, these droplets freeze or fall into the rushing water.
That is an intriguing exposure – the moving water is soft but you didn’t over expose the reflective ice. Nice work.
Dawn, I’m tickled you noticed that. Most people would not. This shot is done at night with a flash. There are parts of it that are tinted pink and other spots that are tinted blue. That’s all from the nearby street lights. The color from the flash is fairly neutral. I doubt I could have gotten this picture at the proper exposure without the help of the street lights. I did touch it up in Photoshop but mostly just to brighten up the whole thing.
Doug’s eyes see things as noone else on earth does. It really is amazing.
You’re too kind, Wanda. I just look at things, that’s all. I think the reason I see stuff others miss is that I’ve got a camera hung around my neck so I’m usually trying to figure out how I can present something new on this blog. It’s tough in this season although today’s sky is blue. No much changes except the waxing and waning of the ice, rainy skies of gray, and cold weather I would rather avoid. But spring is coming!