January 1, 2012
89 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
- Comment
- Reblog
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Montana Outdoors
So elegant–I love the ferns. Happy New Year!
LikeLike
Comment by Ellen Grace Olinger — January 1, 2012 @ 12:15 pm
Happy New Year to you too!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:24 am
Awesome.
Tim
LikeLike
Comment by timkeen40 — January 1, 2012 @ 12:15 pm
Thanks Tim!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:24 am
That is the ferniest looking frost that I have ever seen! How cold it it have to be to produce it?
LikeLike
Comment by sandy — January 1, 2012 @ 12:36 pm
It was 22° during the night. We have had many colder nights, but they had very low humidity and no frost to speak of: last night the humidity was a little higher.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:26 am
Amazing. Cool abstract, too!
LikeLike
Comment by Bo Mackison — January 1, 2012 @ 12:42 pm
Thanks Bo!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:27 am
More proof that Mother Nature creates her own art. 🙂
LikeLike
Comment by Barbara — January 1, 2012 @ 12:44 pm
She certainly does, Barbara, visible only to those who love it.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:27 am
Mother Nature is such a talented artist 😉
Captured beautifully!
LikeLike
Comment by TheDailyClick — January 1, 2012 @ 1:12 pm
She sure is. Thanks!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:28 am
Winter’s art…..
LikeLike
Comment by Maureen — January 1, 2012 @ 1:15 pm
Frost on window glass is one of my favorite childhood memories.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:28 am
This is too cool. Sometimes frost can be so difficult to capture…but this is a terrific photo and post!!! Happy New Year to you and your family!!! All the best for 2012 and beyond!
LikeLike
Comment by dhphotosite — January 1, 2012 @ 2:47 pm
Thanks David. Happy New Year to you and yours!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:29 am
That’s a beautiful prototype.
LikeLike
Comment by Candace — January 1, 2012 @ 4:30 pm
It is. I love the similarities of patterns in different objects in nature.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:34 am
Fantastic!
LikeLike
Comment by btweenblinks — January 1, 2012 @ 5:41 pm
Thanks Rick!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:35 am
So very pretty!
LikeLike
Comment by Roberta — January 1, 2012 @ 5:42 pm
Thanks Roberta!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:36 am
It looks like etched glass … please tell me how you got that shot.
LikeLike
Comment by bearyweather — January 1, 2012 @ 6:33 pm
At the risk of having you laugh at me, here’s how: it was one of several interesting patches of frost on the side window of my Jeep this morning just after daylight. The light from the horizon was behind the window so it backlit the frost and I shot it using a 60mm macro lens. 1/50th of a second, f4.5, and ISO400 gave me just enough light. The auto focus would not concentrate on the frost, so I used manual focus. I’m not pleased with the background, but I do like the frost image. Strictly a shot of opportunity!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:45 am
I have a Jeep – I’ll have to watch it very carefully from now on to see if there are any patches of frost on it in the morning!
LikeLike
Comment by Margie — January 3, 2012 @ 4:09 pm
Excellent! =)
LikeLike
Comment by Tricia — January 1, 2012 @ 7:17 pm
Thanks Tricia!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:46 am
I would love to have this image etched in glass to hang in my bathroom window. A marvelous winter image.
LikeLike
Comment by anniespickns — January 1, 2012 @ 8:29 pm
I agree that frost patterns like this, etched on glass, would be very nice! Wish I knew how to do it!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:47 am
Wow, looks like a fern in winter doesn’t it? A fantastic display that only you seem to be able to photograph!
LikeLike
Comment by WildBill — January 1, 2012 @ 8:40 pm
Yes, it sure does remind me of a fern pattern. While I’m not a very big fan of technology, I’m grateful for the capability of the DSLR cameras and the lenses that let us capture things like this. I think therein are messages from nature to us.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:54 am
You are so right—it looks like an etching of a fern. Beautiful!
LikeLike
Comment by kateri — January 1, 2012 @ 9:43 pm
I find it fascinating to see such a pattern in frost and know that a similar patter will be in a green leaf in another 4 months or so.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 1:55 am
Puzzlement, here. At first I thought the photo was of frost alone, such as that you’d find on glass. Now, I’m undecided. I think it might be frost on an actual fern. The very fact that I’ve spent five minutes or more sitting here going from this page to Flickr and back is a testament to what a marvelous – and mysterious – image you’ve captured!
LikeLike
Comment by shoreacres — January 1, 2012 @ 10:44 pm
Frost on glass it is. Nature’s whimsical signature on a very mundane object. I love how the camera allows us to focus selectively on an object of beauty while obscuring all else around it. To the extent that we can do a similar thing with our minds, we are blessed.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 2:01 am
Speaking of focusing the mind, I read an article in the New York Times yesterday entitled “The Joy of Quiet.” A couple of disturbing statements from it: “The average office worker today, researchers have found, enjoys no more than three minutes at a time at his or her desk without interruption.” “The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day….”
You can read the full article at:
LikeLike
Comment by Steve Schwartzman — January 2, 2012 @ 11:03 am
Those are indeed disturbing statements. I have been retired for several years now and so I have a little more control over my thoughts, but when I was in the working world I always made sure that there was adequate time in my workday to have a period of time I called my optional time during which I did things associated with the company, but on projects or ideas that were at my option, not required.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:12 am
Wow, what detail! And a wonderful thought about Mother Nature’s plans for spring.
LikeLike
Comment by farmhouse stories — January 2, 2012 @ 12:00 am
While I realize that nature’s plans for the ferns of spring are contained in the plant’s DNA, I have to wonder if this image in not nature’s way of giving us a glimpse of what is to come.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 2:05 am
Great thoughts. I have captured macro’s of ice on branches that look exactly like fingerprint patterns. The images left me unable to put the beauty in to words as you did hear. Thanks. Wishing you a year that fulfills mother natures plan.
LikeLike
Comment by Grampy — January 2, 2012 @ 1:04 am
Thanks Grampy! The patterns of ice and frost are wonderful to see, and macro lenses do us a great service in letting us see them clearly. I could spend a lifetime capturing ice images! Thanks for visiting and I wish you the very best for 2012!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 2, 2012 @ 2:11 am
That is beautiful! Is it on glass? Amazing how nature replicates shapes over and over.
LikeLike
Comment by Tammy — January 2, 2012 @ 10:52 am
Congratulations on a great photo abstraction from nature. With a change in scale, the patterns of the branches remind me of those of rivers seen from an airplane.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
LikeLike
Comment by Steve Schwartzman — January 2, 2012 @ 10:55 am
Thanks Steve. Yes, very much the patterns of water flow and the canyons that have been formed by it. Quite a successful pattern to be used in so many ways.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:15 am
Running out of superlatives here. Exquisite!
LikeLike
Comment by Kim — January 2, 2012 @ 2:31 pm
Thanks Kim!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:15 am
That’s a beautiful photo, Dad!!
LikeLike
Comment by Juls — January 2, 2012 @ 4:57 pm
Thanks Hon! We haven’t had a lot of frost patterns like that this winter; maybe later.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:17 am
Hi Montucky, Really beautiful photograph! You are excellent at the craft of photography! By the way, it just started snowing here where I live and was very cold all day. Have a super great Tuesday tomorrow!
LikeLike
Comment by wildlifewatcher — January 2, 2012 @ 6:29 pm
Thanks wildlifewatcher. If it’s snowing there it’s probably colder than here at the moment. You snow doesn’t seem to last very long though. Your Robins know what they’re doing! We are unseasonable warm now because the cold masses of air have stayed far north of us so far instead of swooping down here periodically to visit. Well, at least two more months of opportunity remain this winter.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:20 am
I hope some of those fern spores make it to MO! Stunning photo!!
LikeLike
Comment by kcjewel — January 2, 2012 @ 7:23 pm
Perhaps I can remember to compare the frost pattern to some of the fern patterns next summer. In the little canyon just west of our house there are some nice areas full of ferns every year.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 3, 2012 @ 12:22 am
Hello, I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Congratulations! Check my page for nomination.
Versatile Blogger Award
LikeLike
Comment by Sartenada — January 3, 2012 @ 12:38 am
Beautiful shot – maybe I’ll take a minute to admire before scraping stuff like that off my windshield next time. 🙂
LikeLike
Comment by Mike — January 3, 2012 @ 1:20 am
Sometimes there are patterns, others just solid frost. Sure can be pretty though!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 5, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
I gasped when I opened this. How absolutely exquisite!! Mother nature (and you) at her absolute best!
LikeLike
Comment by Marcie — January 3, 2012 @ 6:36 am
Nature’s scenes and pretty little gifts like this can really make our lives pleasant, can’t they!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 5, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
Wow – fantastic shot!!!
LikeLike
Comment by Nick the Editor — January 4, 2012 @ 7:12 am
Thanks Nick! And thanks for visiting!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 5, 2012 @ 11:31 pm
There’s a lot to see in frost.
LikeLike
Comment by knightofswords — January 5, 2012 @ 10:44 am
It has held a fascination for me ever since I was a child. It can re-spark one’s imagination.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 5, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
This is just stunning! It could be hanging in an art gallery! Great post!
LikeLike
Comment by Judy — January 5, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
Thanks Judy!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 6, 2012 @ 12:00 am
Delicate, graceful with a touch of elegance all done by mother nature!
LikeLike
Comment by Evangeline — January 5, 2012 @ 10:44 pm
Yes, there is much beauty in our world!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 6, 2012 @ 12:02 am
Montucky, this is so beautiful! Love Mother Nature art. 🙂
LikeLike
Comment by Anna — January 6, 2012 @ 9:58 am
Thanks Anna. It’s my favorite kind of art.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 8, 2012 @ 10:13 am
gorgeous! she does some good work! (so do you on the photos!!)
LikeLike
Comment by silken — January 6, 2012 @ 7:32 pm
Thanks Silken.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 8, 2012 @ 12:26 pm
Fantastic image! What a fine way to start the new year 🙂
LikeLike
Comment by Watching Seasons — January 6, 2012 @ 8:19 pm
Thanks! It was a beautiful start.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 8, 2012 @ 12:27 pm
Beautiful. Happy New year! 🙂
LikeLike
Comment by Val — January 7, 2012 @ 1:18 pm
Happy New Year to you too Val!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 8, 2012 @ 12:27 pm
Hope all is well, Montucky, (Terry) heheheee – you’re probably busy hiking in the wild blue yonder… can’t wait to see more shots of what you find! =)
LikeLike
Comment by Tricia — January 7, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
Hiking has gotten off to a slow start this year Tricia. Should pick up if winter ever gets here.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 8, 2012 @ 12:29 pm
wild blue yonder, meaning big (blue) sky country =)
LikeLike
Comment by Tricia — January 7, 2012 @ 4:05 pm
As I looked at this, I was listening to a nocturne by Scriabin. The reason I mention this is because Scriabin’s work is complex and the combination of his music with this image was transfixing. I like your processing, too.
LikeLike
Comment by burstmode — January 10, 2012 @ 8:02 am
That reminds me of another project I haven’t gotten around to; putting the right music to a few slide shows. The possibilities are endless but the spare time isn’t there.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 10, 2012 @ 9:31 pm
yes, they do seem related to ferns…. most likely kin and only you picked up on this.
also it looks like a dancing winter fairy to me…..
took a peak at all the recent posts i have missed, they are gorgeous!
LikeLike
Comment by Tammie — January 10, 2012 @ 10:26 pm
Thanks Tammie. Frost patterns have their own magical world.
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 12, 2012 @ 12:27 am
I have always loved closeup pictures of frost, and this one is maybe the best I’ve seen.
LikeLike
Comment by Ratty — January 11, 2012 @ 1:17 am
Thanks Ratty!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 12, 2012 @ 12:27 am
Exquisite and so well captured ! Happy New Year and many thanks for all Nature’s beauty you share with us.
LikeLike
Comment by isathreadsoflife — January 12, 2012 @ 11:00 am
Thanks Isa! I hope you have a great New Year in 2012!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 12, 2012 @ 7:58 pm
Cool! Those were frozen! Mother Nature is really amazing!
Camper trailers
LikeLike
Comment by jeanerachel — January 13, 2012 @ 11:12 am
I love how nature repeats its patterns in many guises. Great photo!
LikeLike
Comment by Watching Seasons — January 22, 2012 @ 5:48 pm
I love that too. It’s fascinating to contemplate!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — January 22, 2012 @ 10:12 pm
We don’t get frost on the windows here… and every time I see a photo like this… I wish we did. Just gorgeous!
LikeLike
Comment by Victoria — January 31, 2012 @ 10:51 am
We have had quite a bit of frost, but just a few mornings with nice frost patterns. I’d like a lot more to practice on!
LikeLike
Comment by montucky — February 1, 2012 @ 10:07 pm