Sunday

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In honor of the first day of spring, here is my Melting Ice Photo. I took this a week ago, and thanks to a spell of lovely weather, the river is now running. With any luck, the Ice Photo Challenge is over for this winter.

Welcome Back the Guest Photographer

Ice season seems to be ending, but TimInMich and I each have at least one more ice photo to share. This is his Sunshine on Water. It looks like a babbling brook, but it's actually a parking lot.

photo by TimInMich



 

Sunday

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Don Quixote

(my literary ice photo)

Guest Photographer Day

Here's TimInMich's Prettiest Ice. I have to agree.



photo by TimInMich

This year I didn't get a startlingly pretty ice photo, so my Sunday entry will be Literary Ice. 

Sunday

This is my Close Up Ice photo.

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The Guest Photographer Strikes Again

Welcome back to the Ice Photo Challenge. This week is Close Up Ice. TimInMich's photograph reminds me of lace. The definition on those crystals is amazing. (Stop back on Sunday to see mine.)

photo by TimInMich

Sunday

Here are my Cropped Ice Photographs. This shrub was planted where the runoff from an awning would hit it. The sun was melting the roof snow, but the air was cold enough that the melt had refrozen on the branches. (I love getting a freezing rain effect without hazardous driving conditions or power outages!) The bush’s interesting shape, didn’t come through in the Before Picture. I prefer the detail seen in the After Picture.

The After Picture


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The Before Picture


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Guest Photographer Wednesday

This week’s category is Cropped Ice Photographs featuring before and after pictures.

Here’s TimInMich's After shot. It reminds me of a topographical map, and I love the color palette.

photo by TimInMich

Here’s the Before picture. You can see more of the "mountains."


photo by TimInMich



My photos will be posted on Sunday.

Sunday

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Here is my Weirdest Ice photo. I call it Masquerade. Yes, those little black things are some kind of insect.

The Guest Photographer is Back

Here's TimInMich's Weirdest Ice entry in the Ice Photo Challenge.


photo by TimInMich

He calls it Sunny Side Up. The bubbles are so cool.

Sunday

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I chose this as my Best-Lit Ice photo because of the diffraction patterns on the rain gutter. Then again, it might be a contender for Weird Ice ...

Guest Photographer

Please welcome TimInMich and the first of his beautiful photographs. Here is his entry for Best-Lit Ice in our Ice Photo Challenge.

photo by TimInMich

I love the textures.

The Ice Photo Challenge

My friend and talented photographer, TimInMich, suggested this antidote to the winter blahs. The rules are simple. Photograph ice and email the pictures to each other. The categories are:

• Prettiest Ice
• Best-Lit Ice
• Cropped Ice (before and after)
• Close-Up Ice
• Manipulated Ice (involves human intervention)
• Weirdest Ice
• Melting Ice*

Tim sent me seven photos within a week of the challenge. So far, I have one photo that might qualify. Ahem.

To add to the fun, I’m posting Tim’s pictures here if and when I take a photo in the same category. Tim’s photos will go up on Wednesdays and mine will be part of my Sunday nature series**. So brew hot cocoa and stay tuned for some chilling photography.

*This was my suggestion (ever the optimist)
** Disclaimer: If I don’t manage to find photos in all the categories before spring, Words and Pixels will host a TimInMich photo expo with all of his remaining pictures.