Before the cold winter is over, some photos of the most crystal clear icicles I’ve seen for a long time have to be posted.
Usually, a lot of air bubbles are visible inside icicles. A certain flow of water and certain temperatures create crystal clear ones. These icicles grew on the shadow side of a small valley, we had incredible blue skies and the sun’s reflections on the yellowish rock on the other side. Beautiful blue and yellow reflections on the ice surface were the welcome result.
Unfortunately, we were about to start a long mountain trip so I had nearly no time to photograph all those beauties. I could have spend hours by photographing them! The result are just fly-by shots, but I hope you can see what I mean by saying “crystal clear”. Hope you like ’em!
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tim rowan
21 Feb 2012Amazing clarity. And colours
Jerry Johnson
21 Feb 2012Wilfried Haferland, They are like fine glass sculptures, my friend! Thank you for capturing their beauty before the sun and warmth return them to liquid form.
Deborah Vos
21 Feb 2012Never seen those before! Lovely
Sumit Sen
22 Feb 2012Amazing colours! Really crystal clear! Great shots!
Dawid Martynowski
22 Feb 2012Amazing series! Wilfried Haferland Wonderful work 🙂 Ice and sun form a prism effect diffuses the light, it&39;s amazing!
Mykal Hall
23 Feb 2012Very nice my friend and not a flake of snow in sight, spring has sprung….lol Wilfried Haferland
Wilfried Haferland
23 Feb 2012tim rowan – Thank you very much!
Jerry Johnson – My friend, you are welcome! Thank you very much, glad you like it!
Deborah Vos – Thank you very much, Debbie! You and Johan Peijnenburg could have spent hours there for good shots, I&39;m sure!
Sumit Sen – Thank you very much, my friend!
Dawid Martynowski – Thank you for taking your time for this series!
Mykal Hall – Spring, you&39;re right! Thank you very much my friend!
Wilfried Haferland
23 Feb 2012Thanks for all reshares and 1&39;s!
Deborah Vos
23 Feb 2012Yes indeed Wilfried Haferland ! But Johan Peijnenburg being the one taking the pictures and me relaxing on a rock enjoying the scenery ;-)))
Johan Peijnenburg
23 Feb 2012Pretty incredible Wilfried Haferland! So why weren&39;t we invited? We ran into icicles a few weeks ago near Villars. They weren&39;t as pretty as these though!
Athena Carey
24 Feb 2012Wow Wilfried Haferland they are so clear and so beautiful! At first from the thumbnail I thought you had started doing macro water photography! 🙂
Wilfried Haferland
24 Feb 2012Deborah Vos – I know :-). That would have been a quite cold relaxing that day… But I&39;m sure you&39;d have find the sun!
Wilfried Haferland
24 Feb 2012Athena Carey – I&39;m happy to have the chance of sharing these photos… I&39;m always happy if you like them. If there were only a little more time to create images beyond documentation… Thanks!
Wilfried Haferland
24 Feb 2012Johan Peijnenburg – Shame on me! But this was back in last fall, and I ran into these icicles completely surprisingly… The mountain called… So just a few shots. But it&39;s a secret place anyway 🙂
Johan Peijnenburg
24 Feb 2012Hmmm ….
Candace Bartlett
1 Mar 2012This is simply gorgeous!
Wilfried Haferland
1 Mar 2012Thank you very much, Candace Bartlett! I&39;m glad you like it and happy you stopped by!
mady sach
12 Jul 2012verry nice
Wilfried Haferland
13 Jul 2012mady sach – Thank you!
Anna Rimovska
18 Jan 2014amazing shots, beautiful!
Gerda Hendrickx
31 Jul 2015I am speechless….
so amazing breathtaking…
Thanks – again – for sharing!
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