Icy Silver Birch Leaf by phil_howcroft

Icy Silver Birch Leaf

This is a silver birch leaf frozen in our garden.

We had a deep frost last night. Not quite a hoar frost, but still beautiful and worth walking around the garden with my 50mm lens to grab some 'artistic' shots.

Quite a few artistic shots were shot !

I don't know if the top twig aggs to the composition or not, but I liked the ice droplet on the end and on the basis it stayed in the frame

A frosty drive to work tomorrow, which is far better than the snowwy drive I had last Monday !

Very pretty .... and very cold! :)
January 4th, 2015  
Yes I think if there hadn't been that beautiful droplet one of your nice letter box shots would have been the thing! Fantastic background there, it really adds to the drama! The frost brings a whole new world!
January 4th, 2015  
I like the drop, also. I usually prefer that as rain on roses. The winter seems to be closing in. We get wicked cold later this week.
January 4th, 2015  
Beautiful shot. It was v frosty this. If itsstill frosty one morning this week after school run I'm going in the garden too!
January 4th, 2015  
beautiful
January 4th, 2015  
@willowdragon it was cold Al, never got much above 0C all day

@happypat thanks Pat, I think I should maybe have gone a couple of stops higher on my aperture as the back bit of ice isn't quite sharp enough

@cdonohoue thanks cathy, i got quite a few shots that and i will probably share a couple more

@newbank Get in the garden Newbank, I look forward to your shots :)
January 4th, 2015  
Beautiful
January 4th, 2015  
Lovely!
January 5th, 2015  
Very lovely and very artistic. Love this Phil. Fav for me!
January 5th, 2015  
Sue
Lovely arty shot Phil :P
January 5th, 2015  
the light is incredible, Phil. Super shot with the black background. Fav.
January 5th, 2015  
Beautifully captured.
January 5th, 2015  
I've been trying to decide if I'd chop the top branch off or not.beautiful either way I think.
January 5th, 2015  
@kerristephens thank you kerry
@timandelke thanks elke
@eyesmile thanks for the fave and your nice comments gena
@sangwann dione thanks for the fave my friend
@busylady thanks judith glad u approve
@judithg thanks judith, on reflection I think it ought to go as it is sort of hanging around on its own unconnected to the twig / branch below
January 5th, 2015  
I'd curl up like this leaf if I was frosted too! Lovely colour on the leaf!
January 5th, 2015  
Lee
Looks good on black Phil. Nice detail.
January 5th, 2015  
It's really pretty and the dark background brings out the shapes and details very well.
January 7th, 2015  
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