Astounding Winter Scenes
We’re in the midst of a real live winter - a la Chronicles of Narnia or A Winter’s Tale. Last week, a heavy ice fog settled in for seven days. It lifted and then a big storm moved in - over three days we got twenty inches of snow. Valdez got sixty inches. Today, the clouds have lifted and it’s clear and very cold. Below zero. The trees are laden with frost and snow. It’s unreal. It’s special effects-like. Think Dr. Zhivago, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Chronicles of Narnia, etc.
Last week during the foggy seven days, everything was an intense grey - heavy ice fog and hoar frost encrusted trees. But it wasn’t gloomy. More science fiction or fantasy. Some sort of otherworldy thing a la Lord of the Rings. I took a ton of pictures and here are some of the best. I really would have liked a wide angle lens.
Trees along the Park Strip Rose Garden.
I just love this pair of trees. Talk about an extreme case of the splits.
Someone sprayed this little tree with blue food coloring to great effect.
Chester Creek.
Hoar frost crystals on the ice.
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Excellent shooting!
Very Beautiful , I love them ! Totally LOTR’s.
Those photos are stunning! Oh, how I wish I were in a winter wonderland! Ok, not really, I got that last Christmas.
Thank you for sharing your photos - beautiful!
Great pictures! You have your Grandfather Kesler’s photo talent.
I sent this to my dad in MN because he misses the fantastic hoarfrost in ANC. He was v. impressed with the photos.