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Uploaded by: mactoot — Wednesday December 12, 2012 — Midland Township, MI

The pond was solid white this morning but as the day warmed it developed spiders. Eight legs even! :-)

Categories: winter, water Camera Type: Canon Rebel T2i
 
Manufacturer: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 550D
Orientation: top - left
x-Resolution: 350.00
y-Resolution: 350.00
Resolution Unit: Inch
Software: Digital Photo Professional
Artist: Timothy T Wenzel
YCbCr Positioning: centered
Copyright: 2012 (Photographer) - (Editor)
Compression: JPEG compression
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec.
FNumber: f/5.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 200
Exif Version: Exif Version 2.21
Components Configuration: Y Cb Cr -
Shutter speed: 6.62 EV (APEX: 9, 1/98 sec.)
Aperture: 4.62 EV (f/5.0)
Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Focal Length: 44.0 mm
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FlashPixVersion: FlashPix Version 1.0
Color Space: sRGB
PixelXDimension: 5184
PixelYDimension: 3456
Focal Plane x-Resolution: 5728.18
Focal Plane y-Resolution: 5808.40
Focal Plane Resolution Unit: Inch
Custom Rendered: Normal process
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
White Balance: Auto white balance
Scene Capture Type: Standard
InteroperabilityIndex: R98
InteroperabilityVersion: 0100
RelatedImageWidth: 5184
RelatedImageLength: 3456
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1. ChrisAnthemum 11:11 PM GMT on December 12, 2012    
I don't think I've ever seen this. What causes it?

Update: Congratulations on the blue border; complementary color!
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2. Kajzar 12:13 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Interesting!
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3. katy99780 12:27 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
How funny! How odd! I've only seen this where kids (or grown-ups) have thrown rocks into forming ice, never naturally! (maybe I just THINK people threw rocks, maybe it happens more often than we know!)

Great photo Timothy!
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4. nanapoo 1:07 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
WOW!! Never seen this before! Fantastic unique image! AC Congrats!
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5. gardner48197 3:07 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Great shot & title, congrats!!
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6. kristinarinell 3:23 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
cool shot! Congratulations!
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7. TucsonDoug 4:51 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Love your title. Very interesting designs. Thanks for sharing and congratulations.
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8. trailhiker44 5:44 AM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Fantastic textures, patterns and title !
AC CONGRATULATIONS !!!
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9. gusbuster 2:28 PM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Awesome catch, like the look, a little sci-fi affect.
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10. suzi46 2:29 PM GMT on December 13, 2012    
yes..we have this phenom on our pond all the time..and the reason is as you stated in your narrative..thawing..some resemble spiders while other formations look like bare limbed trees..very nice capture..AC congrats! :)
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11. mactoot 8:54 PM GMT on December 13, 2012    
Quoting ChrisAnthemum:
I don't think I've ever seen this. What causes it?

Update: Congratulations on the blue border; complementary color!


Chris
My thought was there was a leaf or something floating there that was a good absorber of solar energy, and the warmer water was leaching along the surface melting ice at its thinnest points - that doesn't explain the shape very well though. But I'm not going out to look :-)
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13. Nikongranny 4:23 AM GMT on December 14, 2012    
Very interesting capture. Congratts on this AC and 10 from SW Iowa
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14. wsdedolb 8:01 PM GMT on December 16, 2012    
Nice one & thanks for sharing! Once had the chance to spot something similar. But didn't get to see it again since then. Ulrich
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15. miyuki 7:16 PM GMT on December 21, 2012    
Way cool !!
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mactoot Currently in Midland, MI for 7 years. Formerly from West Virginia, my beautiful adopted home state.I released my first CD in March 2012: "Mountains Take Wing" (Timothy Wenzel), a "stunningly visual" fusion of acoustic and electronic New Age music - with a Celtic twist. It won a Top New Age Album of 2012 award by http://www.newagemusicworld.com/ My second CD "A Coalescence of Dreams" was released October 18, 2012. Click on "Visit My Website". Or visit me at Facebook:Timothy Wenzel: New Age Music VisionsAvailable in most online stores.
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