A Little More Ice

[AlanLichty]

A couple more scenes from our recent freezing rain. The first one is a Birch tree and the second one is a Japanese Maple. The maple bark as a fair amount of lichen on the branches with is a bit more colorful under the ice. Most of the ice has melted down in the urban area but the Gorge is still socked in with ongoing ice storms.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Hopefully the trees survive the freeze. Makes for a fun image.

 

[AlanLichty]

Hopefully the trees survive the freeze. Makes for a fun image.

Thanks Jameel - happily no significant damage to any of our trees. Portland was a very different story and especially closer to the mouth of the Gorge. We might even make it up to 40F today - haven‘t seen that for overa week now.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice images, Alan. I hope you didn't lose any branches.

 

[BlackRockArt]

A couple more scenes from our recent freezing rain. The first one is a Birch tree and the second one is a Japanese Maple. The maple bark as a fair amount of lichen on the branches with is a bit more colorful under the ice. Most of the ice has melted down in the urban area but the Gorge is still socked in with ongoing ice storms.

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C&C always welcome.

Alan, the 2nd photo has a beautiful winter vibe to it.

Oliver

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice images, Alan. I hope you didn't lose any branches.

Thanks Doug - a few very small branches came don but nothing more than 1" in diameter.

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, the 2nd photo has a beautiful winter vibe to it.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver - the best part from my perspective is that all of the ice has melted now and only a few small patches of snow remain. It's almost 50º outside this morning

 

[JimFox]

Both are so interesting Alan. #2 would make for a crazy Jigsaw puzzle!

 

[AlanLichty]

Both are so interesting Alan. #2 would make for a crazy Jigsaw puzzle!

Thanks Jim - that would be an almost diabolical jigsaw puzzle!

 

[Roger Bailey]

Alan, Great job on these photo's. I love the more simplistic form of photo #2. The overcast sky plays wonderfully well with the chaotic nature of the Ice on the tree branches. Well done!

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, Great job on these photo's. I love the more simplistic form of photo #2. The overcast sky plays wonderfully well with the chaotic nature of the Ice on the tree branches. Well done!

Many thanks Roger - we haven't had much nice photo weather this month so I was out to get anything I could for photo subjects

 

[Nilo Photography]

That looks really cool Alan

 

[AlanLichty]

That looks really cool Alan

Thanks Lenny - well chosen description since the temps stayed below freezing for almost 5 days. Our normal highs this time of year are around 47º

 

[Michael13]

That second image looks cool - almost looks like a posterize filter!

 

[AlanLichty]

That second image looks cool - almost looks like a posterize filter!

Thanks Michael - the (endlessly) gray skies helped with the translucence effect. I was under the impression that Portland got more ice than we did up in NW Vancouver since we are farther away from the mouth of the Gorge. Troutdale and Washougal got clobbered.