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Birds Ascending by Jim Cox

Birds Ascending by Jim Cox

Friday, 7th December 2007

Birds Ascending
by Jim Cox
I have poorly insulated windows and when the temperature drops to minus 25 degrees for a few days heavy frost will form on the windows.
Equipment: Sony R1
Jim Cox
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Birds Ascending by Jim Cox was Photo of the Day on Friday, December 7th, 2007. It is tagged Abstract, Winter, Ice. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

26 Comments

  1. kaybee Says:

    sublime!

  2. Calvin Says:

    This is one of the coolest pictures I’ve ever seen!. Great job Jim!

  3. Jim Cornish Says:

    I grew up in a house with similar insulation and have fond memories of looking at the amazing patterns in the frost that covered most of the window early in the morning. Thanks Jim, for reminding me of that time.

  4. Tad Bowman Says:

    Very cool shot Jim. I really love the patterns.

  5. Francis Says:

    Beautiful composition and colors and great lighting as well.
    Good job!

  6. Julie Says:

    Wow truly rivals any painting in fact a found one natrure painting. True art,

  7. Anurag Anurag Says:

    Beautifuly composed, with the gradation from the small to big and dark to light, The diagonal is used quiet well.
    Snatching a shot out of nowhere!

  8. Jos Smos Says:

    Holy smoke!

  9. Shroom69 Says:

    Wowwwww this really is something what lens did you use. ;0)

  10. laurens laurens Says:

    so beatufil, the feeling of winter, christmas and so on

  11. Andrew Andrew Says:

    thats a nice clean window :)

  12. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    This picture brings back memories; one of the few drawbacks of double glazing is that you don’t see these patterns anymore.

  13. Renee Renee Says:

    Very neat photo! And it was close to home! :)

  14. Poras Chaudhary Poras Chaudhary Says:

    Just an Awesome shot !!!

  15. Dennis Says:

    Captures the season beautifully! I like the composition as well.

  16. Jamie Says:

    Wonderful! The light is fantastic, seldom do you see frost so nicely lit.

  17. Maarten Says:

    beautiful !

  18. Yasmin Says:

    Beautiful!

  19. Camille Says:

    This happens on my windows too, but this is gorgeous!

  20. Katie Says:

    Is this real?

  21. Gwen Morrison Says:

    Frigging Fantastic! Don’t have the right words to say how much pleasure this picture gives me. We are living in a deep freeze right now here in Canada and you just made me not feel so bad about it! Thank you

  22. Sue Gagnon Says:

    You have captured an eloquent milli-section of our beautiful Earth’s process. Nicely presented. I applaud your vision. Even the mundane holds true beauty, as in a frigid windowpane…:)

  23. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:

    This is really beautiful … I love it. Composition is excellent.

  24. kml kml Says:

    Perfect title! I like the composition!

  25. istvan istvan Says:

    looks great!

  26. Su Says:

    Love this, congrats

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