I have one more frost image I wanted to share where it really looked a lot like ferns. I captured this on one of our bitterly cold days on my back storm door while it was still dark out. The frost was illuminated by the porch light. I really like the abstract look of these.
This is another of the interesting frost patterns images that I was able to capture. As I have mentioned, I really like their fern like patterns. It also reminds of an abstract painting. I took this one while it was dark out in the morning and they were lit by the porch light.
This winter we have had some bitterly cold temperatures, at 0F and below even. On one of those mornings while it was still dark out as I was getting ready for work, I noticed these crystals on one of the storm doors so had to quick take a few photos. I just love the fern-like patterns they make as they spread across the glass. They remind me of an abstract painting as well.
Happy first day of February! The year is really moving along which is nice because I am tired of the cold and snow. The snow hasn't even been good for snowflake photos which has been horribly disappointing. It has been pretty good for ice crystal images of the storm doors though. This is one I took on a cold morning on the west side of the house when the sun had not melted it off yet. I love the fern-like patterns the ice makes on the glass.
We had quite the snow event this past week. Last Saturday into Sunday it snowed about 15 to 16 inches, the most we have ever had at one time that anyone can remember. We were snowed in for almost 3 days at our house and people in town even longer. They were having to cart snow away from parking lots as there was so much of it, there was no where to push it. It did make for some lovely views though. We had some ice before the snow fell and it was still coating the trees even 4 days later due to the additional extreme cold we were experiencing. This is a view of the trees near my Gazebo pond which I have not been able to get close to due to the drifts.
Today's image is another I captured of the wonderful fern frost that developed on the top of my heated birdbath. The temps were around zero and there must have been some warmer air coming off the water and it clung to the top edge of the bath and created these lovely formations. This image is a focus stack of 5 images.
When it is bitterly cold out, at times our storm doors will have these neat looking ice patterns on them. This one was very different than usual. I think it was due to the thawing that occurred during the day and then the re-freezing at night. The patterns reminded my of little suns with the re-frozen water drop in the middle and then the fern like ice radiating out from that. There was a bit of photo shopping involved because I overlaid the ice image on an orangy background and then blended the 2 layers. The color brought out the patterns more and I thought it appropriate due to the "sun" type patterns.
We have had some really bitter cold temperatures lately, at 0F during the day and below at night. The birdbath is heated to keep the water liquid and it had some really neat looking fern type frost on some ice around the top edge. This is some of it. This is 2 images stacked together for focus.
Happy Friday, TGIF! Today's image is another from the frost event we had a short time ago. My Teasels make for interesting subjects due to how the frost clings to them. I liked the subtle bubbly bokeh in this image as well. Sharing it today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Happy Monday and happy new week! We had some hoar frost again last week and it was even more pronounced than the frost in December. It's rare we get these conditions and now it has happened twice within a month's time. Makes for great photo opportunities. This is a branch of maybe my Lilac that looks like it was sugar coated.
TGIF, it's Friday!! Today's image is another I took during the day we had some lovely light hoar frost in our area. The dried Teasels in the yard looked like they had a nice coating of sugar. Sharing this image today due to the lovely bokeh behind because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Happy Monday and new week! We had a neat and rare occurrence on Saturday. We had some fog in our area which created Hoar frost! It wasn't as large as some I have seen in the past but it made for some nice photos of a few things. This is some Bittersweet that I captured in my yard that looks like it is sugar coated. This is a focus stack of 2 images to get more detail.
Today's image is a bit different. We had below zero temps a few days before Christmas which was rather unusual for my area. We were -9F actual. It created some cool looking frost on the storm door windows. This is an image of some of it. I liked the feathery appearance of it.
Today's image is of a lovely snowflake I was able to capture last month. This is an 18 image Focus Stack. I loved this one as I think I managed to get it all in focus for once. 😁
It's March! The year seems to be going fairly quickly, Spring will be here soon. Just 2 weeks ago we had very cold temps and snow, seems so long ago in a way. I captured this group in a 21 image focus stack during that bitter cold snap.
We finally had a decent snow that produced some beautiful clear crystals. This is the most colorful snowflake I have ever captured, there were even some oranges in it. I believe it was due to the angle it was sitting at, the colors come from how it reflects the light I use. I use a ring flash that I set to "Constant On" while shooting the flake. This is a 16 image focus stack.
I captured this image on the day of the fog and Hoar frost. These are the Union Pacific tracks that run through the southern part of my town. I thought the frost and fog provided for a quite lovely scene.
We are still quite cold and supposed to be even colder than earlier in the week so TGIF, I can hibernate for the next 2 days. This is another image I got the day we had some rare fog and Hoar Frost. I captured this Sumac seed head with frost over it. It had some nice bokeh in the image as well so I had to share it today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Today's image is another that I was able to capture on my car. I am still surprised by the look of the paint in macro. I like the Rime covered ends and clear center of this one. I like the little one clinging to it as well.
We are under quite the cold snap right now. It started on the weekend as I write this and today was supposed to be pretty bitter with a low of 1 F or -17 C. Yuck. On the first day of the month we had a rare event of fog which produced some lovely Hoar Frost. It was as thick as it would have liked but it was still quite lovely. I captured this image on an evergreen branch.
