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Madonna

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 26, 20176,406 views6 comments

I haven't been participating in the weekly challenges for a while, but I've been consumed with ice abstracts lately. Hopefully you guys will accept me back, at least for this week.

I am not particularly a religious person, but mother nature can put together some pretty interest shapes, and they can be interpreted in a wide variety of ways. When I saw this in the field, it jumped right out at me.

iso 640, 150mm Sigma macro, f/20, 1/200s

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Better large.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 27, 2017 at 9:01 AM

Madonna/Loving Mother sure jumped out at me when I opened this, Gary. Love the tiny tendrils of ice showing near the center and how much extra those three bubbles in the urc add. What a great find!

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on February 27, 2017 at 9:36 PM

Wow! Couldn't have worked better if you had painted it yourself, Gary! A real work of nature's art. Nicely seen and photographed.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 28, 2017 at 7:20 AM

Gary, amazing find and image. A work of art by both mother nature and you. Not that all of your ice images aren't works of art; they are. But this one is certainly special.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 28, 2017 at 6:03 PM

Unique find. Beautiful. Nicely preserved in black-and-white. Good job with this image.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 28, 2017 at 6:44 PM

Amazing abstract Gary. Love it!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 7, 2017 at 12:23 AM

Gary this is really amazing. Way to see this and way to capture it. I love the BW treatment. Almost celestial.

Congrats on WP, well deserved.

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