The art in ice

In these frigid temps, I enjoy looking for all kinds of ice along our creek. This little branch was at the water line but hard to photograph. So I clipped the branch, attached it with a plamp to a separate tripod, and used the creek as the background, which also meant I could use a small aperture to get detail without getting a distracting background. However, if you look closely, you can see the creek bank and various trees inside the ice.

Canon 60D. 180mm macro lens. F/18 for 1/3 sec. ISO 100. Tripod mounted, in-camera flash fired.