Icy Leaves by olivetreeann

Icy Leaves

We had some snowfall yesterday afternoon, but later on it turned in to freezing rain. This morning I woke up to an icy wonderland. But I didn't go out to photograph the ice until after lunch. By that time some of the ice had begun to melt, exposing some of the stones underneath and creating a really interesting pattern of dark and light spots. The color of these two leaves trapped under the ice caught my eye.
Oh, that's a fabulous effect.
December 10th, 2013  
@homeschoolmom Thanks Lisa! Sooc!
December 10th, 2013  
@olivetreeann Even better! I love SOOC!
December 10th, 2013  
What a great picture!!






December 10th, 2013  
Nice capture, beautiful oranges and reds.
December 10th, 2013  
Instant fav -- this is terrific in pattern, texture, and color.
December 10th, 2013  
Lovely capture!the textures are wonderful and the leaf colors look so rich
December 10th, 2013  
very cool
December 10th, 2013  
great eye for this special effect.
December 10th, 2013  
Yes, great eye to see it, and wonderful shot.
December 10th, 2013  
FAV....love the patterns and color and ice together...great shot!!
December 10th, 2013  
Beautiful find and capture - I love the warm colours hiding beneath the ice :)
December 10th, 2013  
Wow, very nice indeed.
December 10th, 2013  
This morning the leaves are covered, in snow :(
December 10th, 2013  
Kim
Great fossils!
December 10th, 2013  
Beautiful
December 10th, 2013  
Ha! I figured it out! I couldn't work it out at first - the holes in the ice confused my eye, I think. Cool shot (no pun intended).
December 10th, 2013  
Looks like leaf cookies iced over. all I can think of is cookies lately. maybe I've not started to bake any..so my guilt feeling is coming to the surface. beautiful picture, Ann. thank you for replying to my request. will go out to look for a special card for her.
December 10th, 2013  
Fascinating photo--love the patterns made by the ice. Fav.
December 10th, 2013  
Makes a great abstract shot.
December 10th, 2013  
always love these shots, well done!
December 10th, 2013  
Great Dof
December 10th, 2013  
What a great shot, love the colours and the patterns. Great idea.
December 10th, 2013  
Beautiful find and shot.
December 11th, 2013  
This is just spectacular! Swiss cheese ice.
December 11th, 2013  
Love those cool patterns and wonderful creative capture.
December 11th, 2013  
@gibbons Thanks so much April!
@gratefulness Thank you Sandi!
@taffy Thank you Taffy! I'm so honored to have a fav from you!!
@mzzhope Thank you Hope!
@twr Thank you Timothy!
@yaorenliu Thank you Yao!
@anazad511 Thanks Ana!
@vickisfotos Thank you Vicki! And thank you so much for the fav!!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! Ours were too, but some melted off this afternoon.
@genealogygenie Thank you Kim! Fun association there with calling them fossils!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@kaesebiscuit Thanks Mr. Biscuit! When I first spotted the pattern I was very intrigued because I couldn't see what actually was causing the gradation in color. Of course that was a reason to grab my camera and go see!
@bruni Thanks Bruni! I thought it was a good idea and will probably do the same.
@eudora Thank you Diane! And thank you so much for the fav!!
@pennyp Thank you Penny!
@mhatch Thanks Mark! All thanks to Mother Nature!
@gerry Thank you Gerry!
@jesperani Thank you Jennifer!
@daisy Thank you Kathryn!
@archaeofrog Thank you Katie! Like the Swiss cheese analogy!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole!

Thanks to one and all. You know when you really look at the world around you, you never go unrewarded. When I first glanced out the window, I thought, "oh, fog, the ice is melting." And then, I realized there was an interesting effect going on with the stones. Time to grab the camera and take a closer look!
December 11th, 2013  
Gorgeous shot, Ann! Ice does amazing things to the world. So well seen and captured!
December 11th, 2013  
pretty :)
December 11th, 2013  
@pflaume Thank you Lisa!
@northy Thank you Northy!

It's amazing to see the world transformed by ice. My camera is so-so at capturing the big picture, but macros like this, it does quite well.
December 11th, 2013  
Terrific -- love the shapes and colors the leaves and ice form.
December 12th, 2013  
@dakotaburns Thank you Donald! The semi-melted ice made this pattern over the entire back yard- I could have taken a thousand photos and no two would have been alike. It was really neat to see.
December 12th, 2013  
Total FAVE! The patterns and light are terrific.
December 14th, 2013  
@wordsmith Thank you Teresa! And thank you so much for the fav!!
December 14th, 2013  
Makes for an interesting photo. Autumn captured in winter :)
December 14th, 2013  
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! I don't ever remember seeing this effect here before.
December 15th, 2013  
beautiful texture and color captured here - it really shows the unique way nature works!
December 15th, 2013  
@sticksandstones Thanks Jenny! I had not seen this happen before but it was really eye-catching.
December 16th, 2013  
Wonderful photo.
December 18th, 2013  
@vesna0210 Thank you Vesna!
December 18th, 2013  
@vesna0210 And thank you so much for the fav!!
December 18th, 2013  
Oh wow this photo is just amazing
January 3rd, 2014  
@cassiejoy Thank you Cassie! I am surprised I saw it!
January 4th, 2014  
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