02.27.2021-2 Nature’s Chaos as Geometry
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Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Very nice & colorful Steve! Enjoyed seeing your image!
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Thanks, Reed. I enjoyed making it.
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The bits of green and gold are wonderful. It looks as though nature might have been a bit distracted when trying to complete the third side of that triangle.
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I think nature was keeping all options open for future developments. I was quite pleased with the color palette.
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I love how you capture – and highlight for the rest of us – such natural wonders that most people would certainly over look.
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Thanks, Carol! I find so much of nature fascinating and am glad that others enjoy what I see.
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So fascinating. Sometimes it almost begins looking metallic.
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That’s the funny thing about some of these shots. They do take on an appearance other than what they are.
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Now that’s yummy geometry. Too bad we didn’t get (or at least I didn’t find) anything like that during our recent sub-freezing spell.
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Ice like this generally forms by freeze/thaw/freeze with the second ice layer elevated slightly above the water surface. If you just stayed cold until it warmed above freezing then it is less likely you would have found some.It is too bad though. I am sure you would have had fun scouting out the patterns.
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Ooh this reminds me of our week of frozen weather and frozen puddles in Belgium. Love those formations. But am glad it’s warmer now. 🙂
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Yeah, as much as i enjoy finding this stuff I am eager for warmth to return too. The last two days have pretty much been above freezing right through the night but a cold front is blowing in as I type.
I am reading something now that you might find interesting. In defense of Plants”. I’m just a couple of chapters in but have enjoyed it thus far.
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Sounds interesting, thanks for the recommendation, a bit like The Secret Life of Plants maybe? Right now I’m reading Patricia Highsmith’s The Two Faces of January. No plants involved. PS Sadly Winter World is out of print, but I’ll keep an eye out for it with second hand sellers.
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It’s still available at Amazon here in the U.S. and eBay has a few copies, some with free worldwide shipping such as this one which is cheap also.
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Ah thanks very much, I’ll see what I can do. 🙂
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I was a bit mistaken about the one I linked being free worldwide shipping. They do ship worldwide but free shipping is just in the U.S.
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No worries there are a few second hand sellers around in Europe so am hopeful it can be found. Fingers crossed 🤞
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Super effect! Beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you, Alexa!
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Geometry is all around us! You have the eyes to see it, Steve. Great picture!
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If one takes the time to slow down and look at things there is so much to see. To alter the Moody Blues title a bit, looking is the best way to travel. What’s right outside our door is amazing. Thanks, Peter!
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Oh, wow – this is a fantastic image, Steve!
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Thanks, Elisa! Kind of a three dimensional look through a window.
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Yeah, I vote wow! too. Crazy angular crystalline stuff, very cool! and beautiful.
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Thanks, Robert. It isn’t unusual to find patterns like this if we get some freeze/thaw events. Sometimes I find them walking Bentley on our street.
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Beautifully handled, Steve. A rainbow of colors hides in there.
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Thanks, Lynn! You reminded me of the Rolling Stones’ song.
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Hey, that was fun – haven’t heard that one in a while. 🙂
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I might have thought to share that anyway, but yesterday I read a post by Dave Mason about Brian Jones’ birthday and this was from his time with the band and shared by a commenter so it was fresh.
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Your entire image is spectacular, with the remarkable crystal shards, but I find myself particularly drawn into the repeating patterns in the upper fifth, and I’d love to see a more detailed study of that section. Did you use an UV filter to bring out the wonderful little rainbow colors?
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I did not compose closer but, of course, could crop a part of the frame to share. The only filter I use is a circular polarizer which sometimes helps and other times does not. But the color is there as the clear ice acts as a prism. I’ve shared others with that effect over the years.
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Nature has so many forms in it, even geometric forms that we normally consider to be man made. Beautifully captured. Stephen.
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Humans can certainly be very creative but I think nature outdoes us at every turn. Thanks, Otto!
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Amazing! This looks like so many other things, but in any case is just beautiful.
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A well known creative photographer, Minor White, once advised to photograph something for what else it is. I try for that when I can. Thanks, Allison!
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Here’s a third Wow! Love this one, the colors, the patterns, the composition—so appealing.
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Love those wows! Thanks, Linda. Glad you enjoyed this one. 🙂
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