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Ice Crystals on the Armrest

One morning during our visit to Tofino, when I headed outside, there was a heavy frost on the seats around the fire pit.  The armrest of the seat had some beautiful ice crystals formed upon its surface.  They looked so intricate and crisp.  When looking through the viewfinder, you could find yourself unaware of what you were looking at.  I liked both the wide “carpet” of crystals as well as looking close in at the details.

Icy Wing Mirror

Winter frosts can produce some great patterns of ice on objects. This shot was taken of a wing mirror of a car that had grown some lovely looking ice crystals.  RAW can be your friend in situations like this because the reflectivity of ice can glare detail out and RAW gives you the latitude to pull back some of the details.  This was taken on the phone, but the detail survived quite well.