small beauties: ice crystals
Jan. 19th, 2024 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kellan_the_tabby
[ A spindly dead plant. Much of it is covered in tiny ice crystals, so small the overall effect is white. A single branchlet, sticking straight up, is more-or-less in focus; the crystals have built up along it such that they look like white flowers. ]
I can’t resist taking pictures of plants covered in ice or icy snow. It’s like cats in the warmy spot, I just gotta stop & take thirty-seven pictures. Every time.
But I mean come ON, even a hunk of beat-up rope looks awesome with snowy ice bits on it!
[ A weathered yellow rope bears more of the ice growths, Many of them are in the same broadly conical flower shape, but some are more cylindrical. ]
I took SO many pictures, trying to get a few that got SOMETHING in focus; my phone camera (no, I still haven’t figured out the DSLR) insists on focusing on the furthest thing in the shot, even if I tell it to focus on the thing in the middle. (Hmm, note to self, check for macro apps for this phone …)
ANYWAY I did manage a few, at least, & I’m pretty pleased with em.
[ A confusion of branches, some in focus, some not; but plenty of the ice flowers are crisp and clear. ]
Not like I won’t get more practice. I really can’t resist this stuff.
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Go you!
Date: 2024-02-17 04:52 am (UTC)We got fluffy snow here too, though no telling if it'll be worth photographing tomorrow.
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