Glacier Water
A reference-photo study of a high valley lake, shallow and brown at the near shore and turquoise further out.
- Subject
- A lake between bare mountain slopes
- Reference
- Two credited CC0 photographs
- Looking at
- How the water changes colour with depth
- Paired with
- The sea from Where the Water Stops
In the reference photograph, bare slopes come down from both sides and meet in a notch, where a distant snow peak shows. The water in front is shallow and brown over sand and stones, and it turns turquoise where the lake deepens toward the far shore.
Glinting water in the foreground; the turquoise begins beyond the stones.
Reading the colour
The colour change runs from front to back rather than left to right, so the picture reads like a depth chart. Light from above the frame adds a streak of flare and the sparkle on the near water.
Different water, the same edge of sand: a companion frame from Where the Water Stops.