Dessicated orchids, still in bloom.
© Karen McRae, 2013
Between Snowfalls
There is nothing minimalist about this landscape. In a way it is almost overwhelming in its tangled complexity and beauty. I find it a difficult landscape to photograph on a clear day in bright sun. I was skiing here the day before in diffused ethereal light, but regrettably, I did not take my camera. I am here often in the winter, though…
The trees laden with “snow blossoms”.
Gatineau Park, Quebec. Ski heaven.
© Karen McRae, 2013
White Out
Another snowy day here but with moments of glowing light. I love the landscape in its minimalist form. Velvet snow and bared limbs.
© Karen McRae, 2013
Dusk
An in-camera double exposure using flash to catch the snowflakes.
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© Karen McRae, 2013
River Snowscapes & the Ghost of Seasons Past
The River in full-on winter. There is no shortage of snow here to welcome in the new year. It is crisp and beautiful.
The Ghost of Seasons Past: A seed head in double exposure …it would seem there may still be unknown life left in there…
© Karen McRae, 2012
A Few Flakes
A last glimpse of one of the garden seed heads I’ve been documenting the last few months – crowned with a little snowflake. The whole lot of them are now winter-cloaked in many layers of these tiny crystal forms. It is mostly white world here.
A frosted window.
© Karen McRae, 2012
No One Like Another
Peace and love.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Welcome, Winter
It is beautifully snowy here now. The trees are bent under the weight of it and the landscape is white and softly focused. These pictures are from yesterday – lots of snow was falling but some of it was melting and reforming into tiny drops of suspended worlds. Today those little worlds are frozen.
A Winter welcome.
To give you an idea of size; I think this little drop is suspended from a spider web. I have a picture of the drop focused perfectly but you can’t see the little world inside…
Looking out of a melting-snow window.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Cusp
© Karen McRae, 2012
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