We have had such a mild winter, I hate to complain. But as soon as February came along, things got nasty. We had the 10" snowfall, but what was bad was the way the temperatures changed. It was really slippery underneath the snow. Then just the other day, we had freezing rain falling. Never a good thing - that's the stuff that, if enough ice accumulates, down comes branches and wires. Fortunately there was only a light coating, and once again, here is one of the branches of my favorite tree.
Anonymous: OK, so this is really interesting! Anonymous posted and asked if I was wearing a hat, because they mentioned that water drops can act like a lens and either create an image of something behind the water drop, or perhaps create a reflection of something in front of the water drop, like the photographer. I have seen the lensing effect of objects behind the lens many times before, but never the reflecting effect. In any case, I went back to the original image, and enlarged and cropped it, to see what I would find. Turns out that since the water drops are frozen, they make poor lenses. But here is what the frozen lens imaged from behind the lens. Fascinating! Thanks for the suggestion!
were you wearing a hat when you took this photo. or were you with someone who was wearing a hat? one of the interesting things I've found when photographing water droplets is how they become tiny lenses to the surroundings. and water drops sometimes behave differently from ice drops. enlarge the clearest drop in your photo and there is an image of someone with a hat on no I'm not nuts...... or eccentric..... well maybe a bit eccentric, but try it.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool!!! bsk
ReplyDeletei see a clear image of a man's face with a hat on in that frozen drop. do you see it? similarly i see parts of the same image in other drops but not as clearly as in that one clear drop
ReplyDeleteSometimes water is just water.
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