Just cold enough for the morning fog to arrange shattery fringes on winter flowers.
Still, there are meager promises of spring, promises that are easily withdrawn.
© Karen McRae, 2013
macro flora
Tendril
© Karen McRae, 2012
The Shape of Gravity
© Karen McRae, 2012
Sugar Coated
A sugar-coated day never lasts long. The ices are responsive to the day.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Tiny Transitions
There are more “mosaic” seed heads (see previous entry) I think I might post but this icy flower image was taken a day later – the day after the freezing rain. The temperature had dropped significantly and that made things look quite different.
The ice is shaped by these fluctuations.
A tiny world of rapid change.
© Karen McRae, 2012
It’s Not Quite Winter…
What the day looked like, close-up – with the exception of the black mushrooms, but they seemed to fit – Many of the lichens are in fruit and gorgeously coloured and textured, and the snow has melted away, for now.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Winter’s Dust 2
A flutter in the chest. A small bird, caught inside. Almost weightless in its restlessness. Almost. At times nestled in, curled up, resting. At times. A flutter in the chest. Wing-beats and sharp feet. Pulchritude and ache in equal measure. Almost.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Winter’s Dust
While I was sleeping…
A close-up of Winter’s first dust.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Reversing Light
Wishing there was a bit more time and light in a day to fit in all the possibilities.
These were taken with natural light, but in my studio, rather than outside. The background is a smudgy black chalkboard.
*Addendum: My mother just sent me an email asking “isn’t there anything else you can photograph?” Perhaps it’s time to change the subject… =)
© Karen McRae, 2012
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