Crystalline Garden

Great composition and clarity! Congratulations!

This is a shot I have been trying to do for years. I've had so so results by putting glass plates in the freezer. This is so much better than anything that man could create. Mother nature is the master. Incredible.

How were you able to avoid small bright spots? While I have photographed frost patterns, they always seem to have these artifacts from crystallizing on dust particles.

Folks should take a look at John Schroeder's image "Sand and Water" in his folder at http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=299332

Fractal Beauty! Nice! I love it.

Excellent. Only possible detractor is the fading background. Great eye, great capture!

What else can I say...very n-ice. My kind of photography. At first I thought the highlights were overblown due to the double lighting (from the top and bottom). But I just don't know if this can be inproved without losing the 'crispness' of the ice.

This is the type of photo you see and never forget .

Great work fitting background and composition .

This is a fabulous image. Living fairly far south in a dry climate that is in the midst of a terrible drought, I have not been able to capture any frost on a window as you have, but it is on my personal list of assignments.

Phil, these are the kind of spontaneous shots that I like making and viewing the most. Call it the Tao of photography, when this sort of opportunity arises without having to go out and look for it. I like the detail and find the title apt. The graded background adds a fluid feel that makes for relaxing viewing. You could print it large, hang it on your window and pretend it was winter all year round {~;

This is a prime example of the limitless possibilities for photos that surround us everywhere we go. Every step we make in our lives offers us a photographic opportunity, especially with a macro lens. I am a big fan of science as well as art and it is really amazing when you sit back and take time to look at the details in life - from the grain on a wooden fence, to the bubbles in a soda, to the intricate crystalline structures found in frozen water. Great detail and great work keeping a flat focal plane throughout the picture.

Congratulations all the way around.

Congrats to Phil for both: his vision; and his technique in capture and presentation of that vision.

Congrats to the elves for selecting the product as POW

Great colours and shapes give graphic hook for immediate attention and details give staying power for continued viewing enjoyment.

Thank you.

Very cool. Reminds me of a flock of Harry Potter's golden snitches - except silver.

In addition to the numerous comments above I thought I'd add that what most appeals to me is it's full of beautifully blended contrasts: colours (white on blue), shapes (soft and round over fine and sharp) and textures. Lovely!

Next week, please, elfs.... give us a spring picture. Get rid of the ice. I've had it with winter.

This beautiful image shows, once again, that film is still supreme. After the constant

hyping of digital cameras and digital photography, it is pleasing to know that film cameras

and old-fashioned photographic film still can deliver the goods. Of course this image had

to be digitized before it could make its appearance here, but that does not detract from

where it had its origins.

I've tried to capture some of these myself in Toronto. The weather here is no where as cold as Edmonton and this year, only several days cold enough for frost to appear on the house windows.

 

What I often found was the dirt and dust on the windows ruin the patterns... I had to crop off the dirty parts to get a good image. And the patterns you get are so unpredictable depending on where your camera is pointing. Even off by a fraction of an inch, you get a different picture.

 

Nicely done...