Frosty Photos

[Image ID] Photo of icy cobwebs across the top of a green bucket. In the bucket is an ice covered jar and some leaves from weeds growing in the bucket.  [description end]

This collection of photos is the result of the photography session I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in ‘A Winter Garden’. 

[Image ID] Frosty cobweb strings draped between two pieces of garden furniture. The photo is framed so you can’t see what the furniture is. [description end]

[Image ID] A frost covered mushroom on a lawn. The frost formed on the top makes the mushroom appear fluffy. [description end]

A cluster of mushrooms has been on my lawn all autumn; I’d expected them to just get a thin frosty coating, but instead the frost created this spectacular fur-like effect.

[Image ID] A close up photo looking up at the mushroom so you can see the gills clearly. The outer rim is covered in large frost flakes. [description end]

The ‘furry’ frost looks more like a series of long flakes from the side

[Image ID] A pair of frosty mushrooms on a lawn.  The right hand one is almost butterfly shaped. The frost appears fluffy. [description end]

These other two large mushrooms were also spectacularly frosted over.

[Image ID] A close up of the frost on the mushroom showing the detail. This image almost looks like a sheep’s fleece. [description end]

I took this photo to show the detail of the ‘frost fluff’ on the mushroom’s surface.

[Image ID] A photo of the pair of mushrooms from earlier in the year, without the frost, they do not appear fluffy or textured.  [description end]

The most surprising thing about the textured frost was that the mushrooms themselves were relatively smooth with little texturing, as shown in this photo from earlier in the autumn.

[Image ID] Four frosty cobwebs, in a line, along the side of a garden shed. [description end]

This cluster of frosted cobwebs caught my attention because of how nicely lined up they are. All the other webs on the building were arranged randomly, except for these four that were neatly arranged side by side along the wall of the building.

[Image ID] Frozen water in a small bowl pond.  Frosted grass like plants stick out of the ice on either side. [description end]

[Image ID] A branch of a flowering currant. The brown leaves have frosted edges. [description end]

[Image ID] A collection of frosted poppy seedheads. [description end]

The way the frost formed on these poppy seedheads was quite interesting as it mostly formed on only one side.

[Image ID] A close up photo focussing on a pair of seedheads. [description end]

This seedhead was particularly interesting because some moss had started growing on it, and the frozen moss makes one side of the seedhead appear knobbly.

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