I'd been waiting years for some very specific conditions: sustained freezing temperatures, minimal snow and lots of sun. This doesn't happen often in Vancouver and a couple weeks before I shot this, I was complaining about that very thing.
But then it happened! I went out to where I knew some icicles would form and did my best to get a shot. It was extremely difficult because my camera needed to be in a very small space that I can't fit inside of, so I was operating blind and from the front. I was standing on icy rocks and had to duck down every time I fired the shutter so that I wouldn't ruin the photo. Care also had to be taken to not break the icicles as I was operating the camera.
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