Monday, January 4, 2010

Beautiful Winter Morning

I have a friend who took some lovely pictures of the moon in and by a tree at her house....I just loved those pictures and when I saw this outside, I had to go out and look at it and see if I could capture it.

It was such a beautiful morning this morning. Everything was covered with ice crystals, the sun hadn't come over the mountain yet, and with the moon still out, it was a feast for the eyes. It was also very cold!!!
We live under a busy flight path, and there are always comtrails overhead. In the early morning, they look especially neat.
I found this cobweb inside a hole in the fence. It had ice crystals on it just like everything else.

Here's the moon above the horizon beside a crystallized tree in back of the house.

This is the big ham radio antenna on top of our house. I was trying all different shots of the moon, inspired by the photography of my friend, Kim Whiting.
We frequently see a mist or fog in the area behind our house. This is the view from our back porch. I love the shades of lavender and blue.
More comtrails by the moon

2 comments:

Kim said...

I love your pictures. The cobweb one is particularly neat. Nature is a really neat medium to take pictures of - you did such a nice job!

Rachel said...

Thanks--you're being kind! I dream of having a decent camera like yours, but at least the pictures weren't blurry!