Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Bob! On 3/5/2012 10:31 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Mark, Excellent images, as always! How the flakes melt makes an interesting study. What remains and for how long are facinating. This is a great addition to the other images you've captured. A bit like the life of a snowflake... Regards, Bo

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Mark C
Thanks Frank - "just a few lingering photons" I feel like that some days! On 3/4/2012 11:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: WOW! Those are amazing photographs, Mark. The third one in particular grabs me. It's as if there's no real form left, just a few lingering photons in the puddle

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Mark C
I think that the residual shape is a micro-thin bit of ice floating on the top of the water - maybe just enough to resist the surface tension of the droplet. Thanks for looking! On 3/4/2012 10:22 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Fascinating. I never would have thought that the shape of the crystal wo

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Bruce - definitely a case of working with what was there to be photographed, as opposed to photographing what I wanted! On 3/5/2012 5:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Great notion, Mark, and expertly executed. There's a lot of beauty in these. Thanks for sharing! On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:15

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Mark C
On 3/4/2012 9:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Very nice. Those are actually more interesting in their way than photos of solid crystals. Thanks , Larry - they are rather interesting. My attempt at videoing them did not come out so well this time, but that might be a future project... -- PDML Pen

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Great notion, Mark, and expertly executed. There's a lot of beauty in these. Thanks for sharing! On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark C wrote: > The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady > snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck had it > t

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread kwaller
Certainly different - thanks for sharing ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark C" Subject: GESO - Melting Crystals The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady snow. I had hopes of getting a few

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Tom C
> Those are fascinating, Mark > > The third one down, especially > > ann > > On 3/4/2012 21:15, Mark C wrote: >> The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady >> snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck had >> it the temps stayed warm - just abou

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Mark, Excellent images, as always! How the flakes melt makes an interesting study. What remains and for how long are facinating. This is a great addition to the other images you've captured. A bit like the life of a snowflake... Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Mark C wrote: > The

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-05 Thread David J Brooks
Excellent Mark Dave On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark C wrote: > The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady > snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck had it > the temps stayed warm - just about at the freezing point - most of the > nigh

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Those are fascinating, Mark The third one down, especially ann On 3/4/2012 21:15, Mark C wrote: The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck had it the temps stayed warm - just about at the freezing

RE: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-04 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
WOW! Those are amazing photographs, Mark. The third one in particular grabs me. It's as if there's no real form left, just a few lingering photons in the puddle where the crystal used to be. Amazing! Great gallery. cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without p

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Fascinating. I never would have thought that the shape of the crystal would linger in the drop of water. I thought of you a couple of weeks ago when a snowflake hit my windshield and spread out. To my surprise, it retained the crystald shape, even as it expanded to about a quarter inch or so i

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
fascinating images of the melting process. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark C wrote: > The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady > snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck h

Re: GESO - Melting Crystals

2012-03-04 Thread Larry Colen
Very nice. Those are actually more interesting in their way than photos of solid crystals. On 3/4/2012 6:15 PM, Mark C wrote: The local forecast for last night was lows in the mid-20's F and steady snow. I had hopes of getting a few snow crystal photos, but as luck had it the temps stayed warm