Antelope Lake Reflective Dawn
by Mike Lee
Title
Antelope Lake Reflective Dawn
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
It is a fairly consistent occurrence in this area that a cold front comes through around the end of May or the first of June, often dashing many folks’ Memorial Day and gardening plans. I have come to refer to this event as the “Junuary” cold front. In 2020, the front was running a bit late and actually waited until the first week of June. By the time this cold snap invariably arrives, there have usually been numerous warm spring days at Antelope Lake. The lake is a fairly modest 1,000-acre impoundment that, while nearly 100 feet deep at the dam, has large areas that are only 20–40 feet deep with much even shallower. This means that it doesn’t take many warm spring days for the surface of the lake to warm up into the 60s Fahrenheit. When a blast of freezing air comes in and hits that warm water, it can lead to some foggy mornings on the water that can be absolutely magical for the landscape photographer. Such was the case when I arrived at this spot during the morning blue hour in early June as the waning “Strawberry” moon was setting and reflecting on the water along with clouds from the weakening cold front and the aforementioned fog. The whole scene was one I was absolutely compelled to venture out into the chilly air and photograph.
In addition to being one of my own personal favorites, this image has received some awards and accolades including:
🏆 Grand Prize – California Trout Photo Contest (2023)
🏅 Honorable Mention – Tokyo International Foto Awards (2020)
🥈 2nd Place – Kolarivision Life in Another Light Contest - Visible Light Landscapes (2024)
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺.
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June 7th, 2020
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