Conception Bay South, Newfoundland

                                                                                                                                          © Christine Mastroianni, all rights reserved

My favourite beach is quite a different place under winter's grasp. I can't immediately recall when it was that I shot this, but my guess would be about 15 years ago because I haven't participated in a Newfoundland winter in just about as long.

But I absolutely remember the bracing experience of shooting it! We weren't exploring on foot that day therefore I wasn't at all prepared for exterior activity. But that row of icy metamorphosed rocks! I couldn't resist! As soon as I emerged from the comfort of our vehicle, the fierce wind and resulting turbulence of the ocean was fantastic and unbelievably daunting. It prompted that feeling of being utterly minuscule in the face of nature's power. I love how wild the water looks here, swirling and crashing in every direction, unleashing itself onto the shore and teaching those idle rocks a thing or two! And with each frigid wash, it would leave behind an icy glaze that grew increasingly thicker and slipperier and more lustrous. I marvelled at the entire production for only a few minutes before falling back into the car's warm bucket seat and pulling the door closed, leaving the wind to return its attention to the ocean.