With the very rare event of snow in Houston this week, I found the snow on the edge of my raised beds the perfect spot to explore the structure of these ice crystals upclose. Watch as these macro shots zoom in on the very building blocks of these geometric marvels.
Visit Macro Monday to view some very interesting close ups and if you have some macro shots to share, join in the fun. Macro Monday features closeup shots in the garden from fellow bloggers and are listed on Lisa’s Chaos.
Jacqueline D'Elia Freelance garden writer, photographer, wordpress blog designer, and computer geek. Earned a BS in Horticulture at Texas A&M. She gardens in Houston Texas and enjoys growing organic food in her raised bed garden. You can follow her garden antics on Twitter @JDElia.
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OMG Jackie girl !
You took amazing pictures of these crystals and it must be such a strange sight to see where you live : )
I’m hoping to get some this year .. some time .. when we have our true ? northern winter weather ? LOL
Joy
wow marvelous macros.
Great photos of the snow crystals! We had our first dusting of snow this morning, but it’s not a rarity here like it is in your neck of the woods.
Wow! Great job Jackie! You are ahead of us with the first snow!
Gorgeous work! I love the beauty of snow-crystals you have captured..breathtaking and mystical..fantatsic job! yay!
Kiki~
Oh these are stunning shots..I love how you got closer and closer! Wonderful. I love shooting frost and ice crystals too!!
Sarah
wow..you captured the beauty of these ice crystals…unique and stunning shots
i hope u can visit my macro. It is up here
Great series Jackie. I like the way you tell a story by moving in closer and closer.
Can you please send me some by courrier? Beautiful macros!
Jackie, These photos are fabulous! Wow!! I’ve been looking at ice and snow for my entire life, but never like this. Thanks for sharing these.
Wow the last pic is really nice, talk about closeup!
Stunning shots, especially that last one! You have inspired me. Next time we have a hard frost, I’ll be out there with my camera trying for close-ups!
Amazing pictures, so pretty to see the ice crystals so closely.
Your photos are awesome! I like how you got closer and closer.
I wasn’t able to take photos of the snow today, because I couldn’t find either of my memory cards. We have tomorrow off because of all the snow we are getting. I hope to find my cards and reader tomorrow.
They sure look like diamonds upclose.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas & a blessed New Year!
Beautiful photos of the ice crystal! and our raised beds are frozen too here in the PNW.
Hi Jackie
If I have an image of Texas it’s heat and endless blue skies, not snow and ice!
You asked about which camera I use on my blog, well it’s a Lumix G1 and I’m pleased with it. I generally shoot in Intelligent auto and tweak a bit on Picassa.
cheers
Rob