Jack Frost Visits Us Again

This was the kind of scene that greeted me at work this morning. Yes, I had to work in that which made for some serious frosty fingers.

Frozen Leaves

Came across this slab of ice containing some Autumn leaves. Held it up in the morning sunshine and got this shot . . .

Fallstreak Hole and Mock Sun Combo

Earlier on today I have captured this rare fallstreak hole and mock sun combo.

A little bit of info; A fallstreak hole is caused when supercooled water droplets - ones that says in an unfrozen state even at -40 C - touches a dirt particle and suddenly turns into ice crystals and spreads outwards in a kind of chain reaction. The outer... edge is clear because as water turns into ice, a little bit of latent heat is given off.

The rainbow effect is where them ice crystals just happened to be in perfect alignment with the sun and some refraction occurred.

Looking Up

A familiar landmark for those living locally to me. It is an Early Learning Center, in the shape of a huge upside down bucket - located only up the road from my home.

Winter Sunset

Captured this decent little sunset, aided by altocumulus, just as I was leaving work this afternoon.

The Rime Frost Continues

The rime frost event - which is exceptionally rare around these parts at the best of tmes - continued into today. I just had to get these photos in before the lot becomes a figment of my memory.

Rime Frost

Got to see what I consider to be a very rare weather phenomenon around these parts - rime frost. Not to be confused with snow as rime frost is formed when freezing fog comes into contact with any objects and crystallizes into this thick wad of pure frost. The photos are the right way up, as the frost points toward where... the wind blew the freezing fog onto the object.

Cold Hearted

This afternoon's bike ride took me through a cemetery, out of a handle of photos, I consider these two to be the best ones.

The third photo is a close up of an icicle hanging off a gutter on my house. They look so much better when lit up by the sun.

A Snow Day

Today has been a major snow day in every sense of the word. Six inches of snow, along with drifts of up to two foot meant I've not been able to get to work today. Instead it turned out to be a good day for photography!

Snow Lights

It snowed heavily this evening, so I took myself down to the town's shopping center and tried to capture the festive feel of things.

A Snowy Morning

Heavy snow fall at my work location for most of this morning. My workplace is perched 400 feet above sea level and is 6 miles inland from the English Channel.

Jogger In The Snow

We had a snow flurry this morning, unusually early for this time of year for my Kent coast location. I snapped this jogger as he passed by my house. Goes to show how some people are absolutely determined to carry on with their routine no matter whatever the weather!

Night Time Exposure

Experimented with the various night time exposures settings on my new Panasonic Lumix last night.

Fractal Ice

The inside of the work's greenhouses was covered with a strange-looking Mandelbrot-type fractal pattern this morning. The ice formation shown on this photo was on the inside!

Day's End

Today I bought a new camera! It's a Panasonic Lumix TZ8 which is going to replace my trusty but battered Fuji S5600 as a general carry-about camera. What you see above is the first ever debut photo I've taken with the new camera. In fact, I took the shot only moments after I left the camera shop!

the Workforce

A couple of "rare" group photos of the rapidly dwindling workforce at my greenhouse workplace. The place has been sold off to a private buyer and very soon we could be all out of a job. Certainly a sign of the times.

Morning Murk

Rode through this thick murk while on my way to work this morning. The sun hadn't risen above the horizon at the time, hence the dark look about it.

The Long Hard Slog

At my tomato greenhouse workplace, we are clearing the place out by getting rid of all life-expired plants along with the dirty ground covering. As you can see by the photo, it is a long and backbreaking task.

Watch Out, Jack Frost's About!

A cold clear night had enabled this iced up effect to form all over my greenhouse workplace. And yes, it is as cold as it looked. After I took this photo at 7.30 am, it wasn't until two hours later all feelings returned to my fingers and toes!

November Dusk

Came across this decent sunset while on my way home from work. Note how calm the sea is, a complete contrast to what it was like four days ago!

Monkeh and Son

A little excercise in lighting and photoshopping. Yes, I did this photo eight hours after the one shown below (the chips one) and it was still raining at the time.

Hands Up Who Doesn't . . . .

It is being a truly wet day today, so I thought I'd fire up the ol' creative juices and have fun involving my camera and oddily shaped vegetables. I opened a packet of spuds as I prepared to do the Sunday roast . . . and came across this heart shaped thing, so I had to put it to good use! I'm very happy with the concept but it was hard work getting the lighting right on the spud itself and then choosing the right kind of font to complete the set up. Mind you, it isn't the first time I've been messing about with fruits and vegetable (now that sounded a bit wrong, didn't it).

November Dawn

What a lovely way to start the day!

Unfortunately this photo is a "quickly taken from my back yard" affair. I first saw it form when I looked out through a window, but by the time I got changed and find a nice foreground to accompany the sky, the whole thing would be over by then.