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Hunting for frozen raindrops

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Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Frozen raindrop

Our rather strange January weather produced some interesting conditions today – rain overnight, and then dropping temperatures through the morning caused dripping raindrops to freeze. The tricky part was finding drops that had some interesting structure attached to them. There were a lot of plain branches covered with them, but it just didn’t seem to work graphically for me. Then I found these small tendrels off a vine, complete with some frozen drops attached to them. I thought it provided for a more interesting shot. A couple more are in the gallery.

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  1. Kiliii Yu
    Kiliii Yu on Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 9:33 PM

    Mark, that is phenomenal. Great detail and tonality in the range. I look forward to seeing more of your work!

  2. micki
    micki on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 5:22 PM

    Perfect!! Your patience in looking for just the right drops really paid off. That’s what it’s all about.

  3. Paul
    Paul on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11:10 AM

    Mark. Those are wonderful. I love the patterns inside that the ice creates.

  4. Jimmy
    Jimmy on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 10:00 AM

    These are just great…the detail is great.

  5. Diane - Daily Walks
    Diane - Daily Walks on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 3:02 AM

    This is wonderful, Mark. Also looked at the other two in the gallery. Very nice!