Over a few days I have been attending a most wonderful sculptural exhibition in my own back yard. The sculptor is the most creative imaginative artist ever known! I wandered through the display alone, no distracting crowds to get in my way. But I couldn't help feeling that it was a shame that most people missed it on that day as it was truly breathtaking and, as it is a constantly evolving exhibition, today it looks completely different again. The joys of Canadian winter weather that can turn a field into a moonscape or fabulous mountain range overnight!
Google Plus Nature Challenge
Day 1 of 5
I have been challenged by my friend +Tom Crews to participate in a 5-day Nature Challenge. I have been asked to post one nature photo each day for 5 consecutive days. I am asked to name a new challenger on each of my 5 days. Today I am challenging my friend +Carol Ayala to provide us with some of her lovely nature photos for the next five days. (No pressure, Carol, but I hope you do it!) The photos should be shared publicly using the text here (edited of course). Have fun!
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What a lovely picture Ellie
Thanks a lot, Linda. I’m glad you like it.
That's a lovely description, +Heiko Mahr​ thanks!
If autumn is a painter,
than winter is a action artist and sculptor..
Excellent abstract image,
but I wish you that this winter will end soon
Oh I see, yes I wish you a soon ending of this coldness!
+Ursula Klepper you are right, the snow might fall soft but then with a bitter wind and perhaps sun making it a bit soft it forms these shapes then freezes solid. So when I walk on it although it is maybe 3 feet deep, sometimes I am on the surface with my snowshoes, (in the areas which have shiny spots on it) and then right next to it will be areas where I will sink down into softer snow. So far it has not reached 0 yet, so it's only the sun that starts to melt it. Spring soon, I hope. 😀
These are amazing shapes, kind of surreal! Probably is the snow very hard or is it there still fluffy and soft?
Thank you +phaga tasoon and thanks for dropping by.
Thanks a lot, Joycee +Joyce Fay
I'm sure! 🙂
nice shot!!!
Amazing!
+Maruchi Reyes exactly right! Thank you.
+rashida Q thanks. It was even more wonderful in the real.
Como si la nieve tratara de decirnos algo. Me encanta😍
Aw this is wonderful!
Yes, thanks +John Dusseault it did look like that!
so cool….like an aerial view of an abstract mountain range
That is amazing, Ellie! Great work!!
I fixed it, Tom. +Tom Crews – it's a great thing to be able to do. 😀
+Carol Ayala I'm glad you accepted! You're my first nominee 😀
Thanks for the compliment. I look forward to seeing yours.
+Byron Sheldrick thanks very much Byron.
+Bette Kauffman thank you Betty.
+Tom Crews – I use the Picasaweb plugin by Jeffrey Friedl with Lightroom. Makes it easy to upload over the top if I have forgotten to do something, or want to edit an image.
Eeeeeeeek!! Now I'm nervous haha!
But, thanks for the nomination and I'll accept the challenge! +Ellie Kennard 🙂
Love your fist photo! Really good angle view of the snow!
Incredible +Ellie Kennard … such a wonderful shot.
Awesome!
I didn't know that you could upload as an overwrite. Now, that's something I need to learn!! Thanks, Ellie!
+Mari Luukkonen I'm making the most of it! Thanks.😊
More snow images 😊 That is just beautiful!
+Tom Crews I'll see. I can edit and just upload as an overwrite. You wouldn't notice, except it would be better. 😀
+Diana Boyd thanks very much, Diana.
+Shelly Gunderson thanks very much. So different from your nature one today. 🙂
The snow is really quite spectacular, Ellie!
I think the grass is a very minor irritant if at all :))
love your sculpture scape
Wow, that is beautiful sculpting! Great share!
Thanks very much +Tom Crews – (I might remove the grasses and re-upload. They irritate me now)
Thanks a lot +Sumit Sen – I'm glad to have pulled you out of your semi-retirement.
Truly fabulous, Ellie!
Amazing shot!