Taking a Drink

Duck and Ducklings on Silver Lake
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Last Wednesday (7/7/2010) we went up to Silver Lake to take a hike and do some photography.

Just was we started down the boardwalk we caught this duck along with her ducklings at the edge of the lake taking a drink.

I wasn't sure how this picture was going to come out since I had to take it quickly and the lighting was not optimal. However, I thought the picture came out o.k. despite the murky color of the water.

Silver Lake is located just west of the Brighton Ski Resort at the top of Cottonwood Canyon. It is a nice short trip from the Salt Lake area and while the temperature was 90+ in Salt Lake it was only in the mid-60's up at the top of the canyon.

Silver Lake, Utah

Silver Lake, Utah
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Today I ended up heading up to Brighton, Utah in order to hike around and above Silver Lake which lies just west of the Brighton Ski Resort.

There is a trail around the entire lake that is very popular with not only hikers but on this day had a large number of artist doing paintings of the area.

We also took the Twin Lakes trail but did not make it completely up to Twin Lakes due to time constraints.