Bird Pattern In Ice

I am cleaning up some of my old backup drives, eliminating duplicate files and just generally deleting unnecessary files. And in the process, I also found interesting files to post here. I liked ice images I recently saw on Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog. I found a series of ice images from about 10+ years ago. So I thought I would post some here. The featured image was a 2 shot pano captured with a Canon 70-300mm DO lens @ 300mm, aligned & blended in Photoshop. Also the featured image was photographed in early morning cooler light. It reminded me of a Bird with the beak to the left.

Multi-Image Staggered Ice focus stack @ 300mm, 1.4x Teleconverter

Lower Section of “bird” Ice Montage @ 235mm

Ice Detail @ 300mm

Ice Patterns @ 300mm

Ice Patterns @ 300mm

12 Comments on “Bird Pattern In Ice”

Eliza Waters
March 12, 2020

Beautiful forms and patterns, Reed. I find ice endlessly fascinating– like snowflakes, no two are alike!

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- Reed Andariese
  March 12, 2020
  
  Thanks Eliza! They were fun to photograph!
  
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bayphotosbydonna
March 13, 2020

Stunning compositions, I instantly saw the bird, followed by a palm frond, another bird, a fish, a chicken, and finally a starburst. Love this! (Hey, can you see the chicken? hee hee)

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- Reed Andariese
  March 13, 2020
  
  Thanks Donna! Still looking for the chicken!
  
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Steve Gingold
March 13, 2020

Nice collection, Reed. I like them all, nope don’t see the chicken either 🙂 , but especially the fourth with the nice spire-like structures.

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- Steve Gingold
  March 13, 2020
  
  Oh! If it’s the composition with the oak leaf then I do see it. 🙂
  
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  - Reed Andariese
    March 13, 2020
    
    I still do not see it! I think the oak leaf looks like. Breaching Whale! But I tend to see thinks differently than most!!
  - Steve Gingold
    March 13, 2020
    
    Donna will have to straighten us out. but I think it’s the ice above and to the left, not the leaf itself… unless it’s the off-white thing behind the star pattern in the last. Paging Donna! 🙂
Birder's Journey
March 13, 2020

I really enjoyed these wonderful patterns! Striking!

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- Reed Andariese
  March 14, 2020
  
  Thanks so much! They are fun to photograph! It is interesting to see the patterns and framing you can come up with. I tend to like including natural elements in with ice patterns to add interest and scale.
  
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Greta DH
March 15, 2020

Beautiful ice patterns, love it.

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- Reed Andariese
  March 15, 2020
  
  Thanks Greta! It is fun to see what compositions you can find!
  
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