02-23-13 Minnesota

I call this Minnesota, as if Minnesota is some how unique when it comes to winter weather. But, of course, it isn't. I just happened to be wandering around our son and daughter-in-law's neighborhood when I found these icicles hanging for a low roof of a garage.

09-04-09 Frozen In Time

A single maple leaf frozen in thin ice. It had been floating in the pond the day before but it got caught in the first freeze of the season.

03-07-09 Frozen Crab Apples

By Scott Shephard

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In our part of the world, we get more snow than freezing rain but in late November, 2005, we got rain and then cold temperatures. Everything was coated in a layer of ice. School was called off, trees broke and driving was difficult. But there was a silver lining - the clear, icy coating.

I took this photo late in the day after the storm had passed and the sun had come out - you can see the sun glowing in each of the out-of-focus ice-cycles in the back of the photo. I took about 20 pictures during the short time I was outside but this is really the only one that turned out.

Canon 5D f5.0 1/640 iso320 Canon 70-200 2.8L (135mm)