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On a cold and frosty morning. 1

Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 16 November 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

We awoke to a wonderfully sparkling but very cold frosty morning, taken in my front garden, a freshly fallen leaf from our Maple tree lands on a blanket of frosted leaves.

Please forgive me if I didn't manage to comment on you posts yesterday, my computer is for some reason just turning it self off!!!! it gives me around 10 mins max! and as I share it with my son, he has priority atm because of his college work.

A little mini series of my walk on November 15th. more on Monday.

Oh! and don't forget it's Graffiti weekend tomorrow and Sunday!

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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have

Comments (30)

Rags from Plano, United States

superb image!

16 Nov 2007 5:47am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Beautiful shot Mary!

16 Nov 2007 6:06am

tyan from Singapore

this has got to be award winning dear mary!I love the frost on the leaves and the maple leave in the centre,just too lovely!have a great weekend!:)

16 Nov 2007 6:10am

dan from France

Belle nuance de tons pour ces feuilles ourlées de givre !

16 Nov 2007 7:24am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Winter makes us see those things in a different way.

16 Nov 2007 7:34am

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Very nice shot.... great frost details !

16 Nov 2007 8:01am

e. from Washington DC, United States

What a gorgeous background behind the leaf!

16 Nov 2007 8:26am

Sriram from Chennai, India

Minimal...splendid and evocative! Very good work, Mary!
Simply beautiful!

16 Nov 2007 8:49am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Gorgeous!

16 Nov 2007 8:52am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Crisp and wonderful ;)

16 Nov 2007 10:18am

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

So beautiful!Nicely done!

16 Nov 2007 10:46am

Gary from United States

Wonderful composition and contrast! you always get something in your image to Pop.

16 Nov 2007 11:16am

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Magnificent Mary! We have very few frosts since our weather has warmed so much - I'm enjoying your wintery images!

16 Nov 2007 11:34am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Wow that's a real beauty!

Sorry about your computer issue. A friend of mine had that kind of a problem and it turned out to be an electrical problem with the power supply. It was a loose wire. It would work until the comp got hot and then due to the expansion from the heat the wire would lose it's connection and then when it cooled down it would work again. Kind of a weird thing.

16 Nov 2007 1:00pm

@Laurie: Thank you Laurie :)
My sons friend is hopefully coming to have a look at it soon, I'll mention the wiring to him just incase it is something like that.

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Great find and capture!
Also sorry to hear about your computer problem. I had a similar one; turned out it was the hard drive... which <gulp> did crash, and I lost a lot of stuff that was on it. Ah, we'll hope Laurie is closer to the real problem; loose connections wouldn't be much to worry about.

16 Nov 2007 1:19pm

@Viewfinder: Thanks VF :)
Oooo! I hope it's not the hard drive! that has happend to us before, we lost all our holiday pics from a cruise that we took to the Canary Isles and also our holiday to Italy with all the Venice ones! :( I'm looking on the bright side and hopefully it's something simple :)

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Wonderful shot Mary, the colours are really cool!

16 Nov 2007 4:42pm

pouhou from Netherlands

good contrast between the leaf and the background

16 Nov 2007 6:06pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Absolutely love this one Mary!! The tones, the light, the framing... the whole image.

Sorry about your computer, too. Mine is acting odd as well. Only with mine, a laptop, I can't get the power up unless I boot up on the battery first then I can use the power cord... weird. Have a great weekend!!

16 Nov 2007 6:38pm

@amy: Thanks Amy :)
I think computers act strange sometimes, just for the heck of it, this one will work fine for ages then it goes mad! I hope you get yours sorted out, it sounds really awkward to have to go through all that!

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Absolutely gorgeous Mary! I love the touch of frost! There are many reasons as suggested above why your computer would turn off. Have you scanned it with good scanning software like Norton for viruses? If that's not it it could be overheating. If its a desktop, not a laptop, get your son to take off a panel or two of the processor casing - using the blowing end of your vaccum (for goodness sake not the sucking end!) and blow out all the dust and dirt. If you have had the computer for any length of time - this should be a routine maintenance - really thick dust can accumulate into wads of it over time and then if the fan can't work properly because of it - it will overheat.

16 Nov 2007 8:14pm

@Anne: Thank you Anne,
My son says that today it's been fine no probs! it acts very strange sometimes LOL we have AVG which seems to work well and we scan regulary too. We have a friend who will come to take a look soon, see if he can shed some light on what's up with it.

Reza from Montreal, Canada

Wonderful shot. great details.

16 Nov 2007 9:03pm

Weekend Warrior( LV) from Kamloops, Canada

Love the detail and the crispness of the leaves- the colors are so gentle and perfect for the full frame.

16 Nov 2007 11:23pm

Ricochet from Beaujolais, France

beautiful autumn picture, bravo!

16 Nov 2007 11:33pm

Patricia Nichol from Roban, Malaysia

snowy and nice

16 Nov 2007 11:59pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Brrr, you can feel the creeping cold. However, I love the frosts here, and the fallen leaves always appear so beautiful in their icy surrondings.

17 Nov 2007 1:19am

Amir from ?, United States

Really beautiful like all the other shots on your blog, keep up the good work

17 Nov 2007 1:43am

Rebel Streetshooter from NYC, United States

B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r. well done

17 Nov 2007 3:22am

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

Such a breathtakingly beautiful find, even on such a cold and frosty morning. You really have the most amazing eye, dear Mary. Honestly.

17 Nov 2007 7:08am

Japanalia from Japan

Wonderful!!! What a little treasure you found on your walk! The contrast is is a work of art!
Gabriela

17 Nov 2007 9:46am

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

Beautiful capture, looks really frosty!

17 Nov 2007 2:09pm

liaso from Bay Area, United States

That is beautiful contrast. Excellent capture. Brrr!

18 Nov 2007 3:32am

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