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Tinkering Story #06 – Frozen Caversham, Reading UK

The day is December 11, 2022. After a night in thick fog and below-zero temperatures, my neighbourhood in Caversham, Reading was transformed into a World of tiny crystals! I knew I had to do something about it (!) so I grabbed my faithful Nikon D600 camera, put on a reversed lens for macro photography, and stormed towards View Island to capture the tiny crystals on frozen spider webs.

My favourite photo is the first one. Small, delicate and ephemeral. A miniature of Life itself. Enough said! Enjoy the photos! 🙂

When nature creates fine jewellery
Frozen leaf
Cold line
Frozen spider web. I don’t think the spider survived this…
Frozen rose
Barbed wire
Frozen spider web close up
Frozen eye?!
Caversham lock in fog
Shooting ducks! (and a Canadian goose) 🙂
The same spider web shot with a “normal” (non-macro) 50mm lens
At this point, I’m heading back home as my fingertips are frost and killing me…

A couple of hours later, the temperature rose slightly above zero, the delicate ice melted and the “magic” has gone. Until the next time! 🙂

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