Photographer Dave Sandford, from Ontario, Canada, describes himself as “drawn” to the “sheer raw power” of water. He recently chose to capture Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, at its roughest.
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The resulting shots show the awesome power of the treacherous, violent lake.
Lake Erie is 388 km long and 92 km across but from October through to December it behaves more like an ocean than a lake.
Erie is also the shallowest of the Great Lakes, measuring 210 ft at its deepest point.
As it’s so shallow, conditions can change dramatically in just a few minutes with meters-high waves appearing suddenly.
Erie’s name comes from a native tribe who called the lake “Erige” (or “cat”) because of its unpredictable nature.
Lake Erie has laid claim to as many as 8,000 shipwrecks since the 1600s. Most of them were never found.
Dave spent up to 6 hours a day for 4 weeks at Lake Erie to capture these shots.
He braved over 100 km/h winds and temperatures of -2 degrees celsius.
He said, “It’s days like these that most people stay away from the lake…”
“…it’s days like these when Erie comes alive, showing its true power.”
“These are the days I can’t wait to get to the lake and create images.”
Dave is a professional photographer who traditionally works in sports photography.
But we’re most impressed with his incredible shots of Lake Erie’s waves — they’re more like mountains than water.
You can see more of Dave Sandford’s awesome work over at his website and Instagram page.