whelk in ice

i sense a theme here recently :)

the harbor is not frozen although around the edges and in corners the cold nights and days have started to grow ice and snow, especially along the tide line.  yesterday afternoon i found this shell with some lovely color to it as well.  the problem was that, since the tripod (and me!) were in the slushy icy water the waves and wind would knock the large floating chunks of ice into the tripod during the longer exposures...a real challenge to get a clean shot!