The resilience of trees always amazes me. You see their branches break under a burden of ice at times of course, but so often they just bow gracefully and wait for the thaw. The destruction caused by the ice storms we have been having is easy to forget when the sun breaks through the cloud, making the icy branches glitter as if they were dripping with diamonds. It was a windy -22 C (-8 F) yesterday when I got out of the car to take photographs including this one and although I had gloves on, I had no hat and was only wearing leggings on my legs. Before I got back into the car my legs were frozen almost numb and I was afraid I was going to get frostbite on my ears.
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Thanks so much +Janet Patterson
Thanks +Len Phillips – it really felt it. 🙂
Love to be stumbling around in that space Ellie … magical …
This is really beautiful +Ellie Kennard . The soft silhouette of the graceful bushes and trees against that lovely diffused light. A perfect winter scene.
Thanks so much +Heiko Mahr – I'm glad you like it.
Might be easier to enjoy in photographs, then, +Loraine Slessor – Ice storms are pretty destructive, but can certainly be beautiful. It's good to hear from you.
Thanks a lot dear sir M! I'm glad you like it. I have missed you. +Martin Matejic
Awesomness madam! I really fell behind in checking my fav people's feeds this Holiday! Gotta start being regular visitor here again 🙂 Cheers!
I've never experienced an ice storm. I am not very good in the cold, it makes me feel strangely claustrophobic, but the beauty takes my breath in quite a different way
What a wonderful winter landscape +Ellie Kennard
#hatethewind!
Thanks +Mari Luukkonen – I wish you had the same conditions where you are… maybe a little bit warmer….
Thanks +Joyce Fay 🙂
Yes, that is the one I told you about, +Ursula Klepper – I'm glad you like it. Thanks a lot.
This turned out so beautiful! The light is fantastic! I really love it and I remember you told me how you where freezing while shooting … It was worth it! :o)
Worth the effort!
Wonderful!
For sure, +Rosie Nixon – just didn't want to miss it and had to go into the field to get the right angle… so couldn't get it from the warmth of the car. But I was glad to get back onto my heated seat when I was finished! Thanks for the comment.
It looks so pretty but I'm sure it's ruthlessly cold out there!
I agree +Cristy Sherman it is so peaceful (except for the wind!).
Thank you very much +Sumit Sen – better in a photograph than standing out in it!
+Ina Gat – thanks!
It might make a good card, thank you! +Nataly Rubeo
Awesome snow kingdom!!!
Precious shot Ellie, look like a postcard!!:-)
Beautiful picture,real winter
Beautiful!
The image conveys the conditions very well. Lovely capture!
Love the quiet the snow brings. Beautiful!
Thank you +Marleny Suazo
Thank you so much, Jacqueline – they are rare here too and we don't see the effects much around our house but have to go to higher elevations +Jacqueline Hodsdon – thank you for the compliment.
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I do love ice storms. They don't happen often here. What a beauty this is Ellie! 🙂
You are most welcome Ellie 🙂
Thanks a lot +Andrew Hajek
Thank you +Diana Boyd – it was very lovely.
Thanks very much +Mark Swindells
+Shelly Gunderson – thank you!
+Jasbir S. Randhawa – thank you my friend. 😀 but you see there is some advantage in lower temperatures when we have sights like this one (rarely, I admit, as the ice only is like this when it has fallen as freezing rain and then the temperatures fall far and fast).
+pio dal cin – thank you very much, Pio.
+Lauri Novak – so lovely that I didn't feel the cold… at first! Thanks.
And thank you +Alan Mason – that really made me feel… colder 😀
+Thomas Gillingham – I was so glad I had my camera with me. Lengths indeed! (and depths of temperatures, as I found).
+張佳琪 – 非常感谢！
Magnifique
Great capture and goes to show what lengths photographer will go to, to get a picture. It was worth it for sure:)
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Lovely +Ellie Kennard and good luck in you 365 project.
Day's High today in South Africa: +35 deg. C.
Beautiful indeed!!
beautiful +Ellie Kennard
+Ellie Kennard Wow! Amazing capture, Ellie! I'm beginning to feel grateful that our "freezing" minimum temperature is only around 2 C! :-)))
Lovely!
Beautiful.
very pretty
Very beautiful Ellie 🙂