It finally got real cold last night. 12 degrees. We’ve had a few cold nights, but this was the first I was able to get out in. As I drove down a favorite dirt road, I noticed some nice patterns in a mud puddle. It turned out that I didn’t care for the muddy section, but there were mud-free zones.
Here’s the first…
I may convert to black and white at some point, but for now it was cold and the blue gets the message across. 🙂
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This has more dark, and more prominent dark, in it that I expect from a picture of ice. I’d keep the cold blue rather than convert to neutral black and white.
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The background is mud, frozen mud, and helps create some contrast.
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Amazing colour and detail. Looks as though it’s something in outer space rather than just outdoors.
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There is a universe in the tiniest of objects. 🙂 I’ve always thought this had an outer space look to it…https://sggphoto.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/02-10-2015-green-ice-and-hoar-frost/.
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Sounds like you’ve been channeling William Blake:
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour”
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Hooray! So glad you finally have some ice. This is a wonderful abstract. I love the shapes, lines, and textures.
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Thank you, Lemony. Who knows what even a lowly mud puddle contains? 🙂
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Such a variety of shapes and textures, and so many shades of blue. I’ve always associated the color blue with cold, probably because I grew up hearing expressions like, “He turned blue with the cold.” Then I got to Alaska and discovered that glaciers can contain as much blue ice as white. Black and white certainly can communicate the starkness of winter, but I think the blue really works here.
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As I mentioned in response to your comment on the blue leaves, it would be easy enough to reduce the blue but I like the effect and expression of cold. Again with this, there was a blue sky above which I am sure played a part in the color scheme. As I’ve mentioned before, I experience Raynaud’s Syndrome (or disease) and my fingers do on occasion have a bit of a blue tint to them.
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Cold is right! I don’t typically anthropomorphize, but I keep seeing extraterrestrial beings here. Sorry ! 😉
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You aren’t anthropomorphizing, aliens aren’t human. 🙂
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Got me!! 😉
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What. An. Eye.
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Thank you, Michael.
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