Sure, tons of snow and single-digit temperatures might make going about your day difficult, but you know what isn’t difficult, oddly enough?
Crawling around the yard in pajamas and a down jacket, photographing plants in snow and ice!
I was fascinated by the tiny ice crystals and the way the dead branches seemed to be reaching for the sun.
Everything looks so crisp and clean.
The ice crystals and translucent dried flower petals are delicate and beautiful.
My hibernating maple tree looks as if it’s lit with tiny Christmas lights.
I’d been griping about winter, but now that the sun has come out I’m loving it. I hope you are too.
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I enjoy trying to capture the crystals as well. You did great and if I had to pick, that last would be a favorite although the first one was too! Good to know my neighbors aren’t the only ones “wowed” with me outside with camera and flannel jammies!
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Sherry – Those are my two favorites, as well. Thanks for the kind words, and it’s good to know we’re kindred spirits in the PJs department!
Very nice camera work. A lot of photographers will list their equipment and conditions, etc somewhere on the photo credit. I especially like the snowpocolypse pic. You always do a very tasteful job.
Thank you for the kind words, Dann. That photo was made during last year’s snowpocalypse, an annual event here in Taos. 🙂
Awesome photos, Deonne! We did finally get a little bit of snow here in MN but not enough and now the deep cold is here. So the only crystals I’ve got is the frost taking over the windows. Winter can be so magical!
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Thanks, Manisha! There is something truly special about winter. A gorgeous, crystal-bedazzled season.
Not being exposed to this sort of thing in California, Bill had an epiphany when he was in the Navy and went on a midwinter cross-country flight to somewhere in the Midwest (Indiana, I think) and landed right after an ice storm had taken place. He saw the trees and bushes covered in ice and realized, “THAT’s what tinsel is supposed to look like!”
Deborah, I love that! Thanks for sharing the story.