Footprints on the Ice

The frozen Saale canal at the level of the university tennis courts in Halle: footprints are etched into the ice surface — someone crossed the canal when it was not yet fully frozen, and the imprints have been preserved in the surface. Dried grasses along the shore break through the ice sheet. The deep depth of field at ƒ/7.1 accentuates the textures and cracks of the fragile winter landscape.