I just came across your snowflake photos – amazingly beautiful! God is the ultimate artist, and the medium is “just” water!
They reminded me of another beautiful winter phenomenon. Have you ever taken a close look at the ice formed by freezing rain? We get it here in western Oregon every year or 2, and I’ve noticed some amazing patterns in the ice. Here are a couple shots from last winter. Photo conditions weren’t great, much like what James recently described about winter in WV – dull gray overcast, cold, wet, and the ice was starting to melt. I didn’t have opportunity to try to set up the shots for nice composition, just wanted to capture what I was seeing before it disappeared. Photos taken with a Canon PowerShot G15. I nudged the contrast and highlights a bit to help bring out the detail.
If you get freezing rain in your part of the world, I’d enjoy seeing what you can capture.
