A quick trip - less than 24-hours - down to lower Dorchester County, Maryland to photograph landscapes with light from the sunset, full moon and sunrise. Heavy Winds and temperatures in the low 20's after sunset made for difficult conditions.

Ice has started to form in the creeks and along the shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay. With sub-freezing temperatures in the forecast for the first week of 2018, expect to see more 'hard-water' in the bay.

St. Thomas Church Hall. Bishops Head, Maryland

Pritchett's Grocery - the last store on the Bishops Head peninsula. Crocheron, Maryland

Caskets washing into the Chesapeake Bay reveal bones and coffin handles. Hoopersville, Maryland

Workboats, illuminated by the moon, tied up in Farm Creek. Toddville, Maryland

A workboat breaks ice on Farm Creek, a tributary to Fishing Bay. Toddville, Maryland

North winds and temperatures in the 20's resulted in ice covering north facing shorelines.

Loblolly Pines reflected on ice in a shallow tidal pond in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Near Golden Hill, Maryland

Sunset over an ice covered marsh creek. Hoopersville, Maryland