Lake Erie from Preque Isle State Park

We spend a few weeks visiting family each summer, and for the past several years we take the time to drive the 1250 miles to give us an opportunity to do some photography and sightseeing along the way. The last few years we scheduled these trips around family weddings, which mean the "stopping to smell (and photograph) the roses" part of the trip was sacrificed for the "need to be there by a certain date and time" part of the trip.

This year was no different, but we did manage to stop at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. This park has been on our to-do list for years. The weather was cold for an early July day and very blustery. I grew up on Lake Erie, and forget how incredible the size of the Great Lakes appear to someone who has never seen them before. I thought of this as we walked the beach, the only people there except for another photographer and a group of students from a nearby university geology program. The waves crashed on rocks and rolled ashore as the wind tore through our light jackets.

I enjoyed trying to get THE photograph of the waves. For the blog I chose this one. The lineup of the rocks mimics the horizon line leading the eye right to the crashing wave. The rule of thirds works well for this shot.

More on Preque Isle State Park in the next couple of postings.