2015-02-04 cold as ice

A lonely grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in a small ice free pool.
It was so cold, the water in my water bottle I carried in my backpack, partially has frozen to ice. Now it is time to change the bottle to a insulated one and fill it with tee instead of water.

[Alison]

beautiful shot! ~ I think an insulated bottle is well in order :-)

[Heidi @ Hectic Eclectic]

What a beautiful shot. I love the trails in the snow.

[Andy Mcculloch]

Beautiful

[Rosan]

Great capture! Neat zigzag trail in the snow.

[Frances Klein]

Nice capture great shot of the layers of the snow.

[Susana]

Super shot!!!

[Leslie]

What a beautiful scene and capture .....

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful

[Jan Rose]

Lovely capture.

[Linda]

Great scene and capture in B&W. Poor heron must be frozen to!

[Susie]

Beautiful shot. fav

[Melissa]

Beautiful shot. That's a lot of snow!

[Ruth Hill]

Very beautiful, a lovely mono shot.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Fabulous shot Mona. Fav

[Heather (pixelchix)]

Stunning. Lovely comp. fave!

[Susan]

So pretty!

[Harbie]

Very pretty! Lovely composition!

[Shirley]

Beautiful. So peaceful.

[Barbara McCahill]

Deceptively simple composition -a pleasure to view all the elements

[Poppo Livy]

Man he looks cold. Congrats on the PP

[Ukandie!]

This is so so beautiful. Stay warm Mona :)

[Jane Armstrong]

Beautiful. Love it.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Superb composition and tones--fave!

[Sue S]

Beautiful, even the heron looks cold!

[Lynda]

Beautiful photo.

[Clare Gadsby]

Wonderful - great composition and atmosphere