Ballon d'Alsace 10 by jcv2

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 28, 2005

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This is the last shot of the series on the Ballon d'Alsace. A little rivulet with streaming water draws my attention. It's remarkable but just above the surface of the streaming water some little grass has been the nourishing ground to grow ice-crystals. A few millimeters lower and the crystals touch the streaming water and they'll disappear! Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 70 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (29)

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rangeriderrichard

4:51AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Thanks for the view of this ice crystal nest. Fragile and unique.

rollinger

4:52AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Thats the first time i saw your pictures. A really great work about this wonderfull hill. It must be possible to give rankings for the whole project. I hope this summer i trave l to alsace again.

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Gabrielsdream

4:57AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Such a wonderful capture, my eyes lit up when I saw it! What a way to end this series, fantastic!Thanks for showing us such spectacular captures !

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tallpindo

5:19AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Delicate, too fragile even for the breath.

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marybelgium

5:25AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Beautifully delicate ! great serie thanks for sharing ! Excellent capture !

Vraxor

6:13AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

very beautiful, missed the rest of the serie, but it must have been lovely! :)

pimbotin

6:17AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Wonderful details. We can see all the lines of the crytals. This is rare!

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diomedes66

6:47AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Absolutely superb composition.. you have perfectly illustrated just how delicate these natures formations are, and just how lovely with perfect lighting. Bravo, very well done indeed!

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Mondwin

6:51AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

superb et magnifique!!!bravo!vote!:DDD

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nongo

7:06AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Magnificent photography!!!!!!!!! V

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duncanlong

7:09AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Beautiful. Excellent work (as usual).

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TwoPynts

8:56AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Bye bye Ballon d'Alsace! It was fun visiting with you. This is a great shot Jan because it as if the ice were a leaving thing the way it feeds off the water. Amazing! Vraxor, go back and look at the other ones! ;o)

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Chaos911

9:01AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

brrr another super coool shot ;)

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sharky_

9:17AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Another excellent shot. This is just so beautiful. I like it. Aloha

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jgkane

10:38AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Magnificent macro shot, Jan-Carel. If only we have eyes to see... My eyes are generally not good enough, but you, thankfully do the seeing for the rest of us viewers. This is just so delicate and so fleeting. Thanks, John.

b2amphot

10:38AM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Like a nest holding a crystaline masterpiece.

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Fruit_Passion

1:13PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

The composition of your snow is different A it other of Quebec your seems more crystals I would say more to frost. Cheer

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DJB

2:23PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Perfection in crystals.

AlainC

3:02PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

c'est magnifique, on a beau savoir que c'est froid, on ne peut s'empher de penser du coton. superbe, tout simplement

tvernuccio

6:21PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

what a find!!!!! these ice crystals kinda remind me of feathers!!!! sometimes it's just amazing how life takes hold. you've captured the fragility of these wonders so incredibly!!! they're sooooo beautiful!!!! x-cell-ence!!! I'm sorry to see this series end....:( well that's how i feel about every series, but your next one always turns out to be just as incredible and exciting!!!! so, can't wait till tomorrow!!!!

logiloglu

7:09PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

wonderful seen detail. an harmonic capture. !!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!

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Punaguy

8:41PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Looks like a little snow nest...soft but cold..nice details here~

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Apophis906

8:51PM | Fri, 28 January 2005

Oh thats so cool to see,they are like little feathers. Excellent capture and job here.

vlaaitje

4:03AM | Sat, 29 January 2005

mmmm looks like feathers to me....such a wonderful shot, white is not that easy to catch...but you did well...

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Cosme..D..Churruca

11:05AM | Sat, 29 January 2005

Amazing those crystals... so delicate !

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Akinom

7:19AM | Sun, 30 January 2005

WOW... how could I miss this amazing image? Excellently seen and captured, Jan-Carel! A big bravo and a big vote!

bleachfix

2:48PM | Sun, 30 January 2005

like akinom, it's not a matter of missing it, but a matter of time it takes to go thru all my ebots until I finally get to the end of your fascinating Ballon d'Alsace series, this finale is fascinatingly superb, hanging on until you brought your camera along to show the world just how magnificent it can be! []/;^)

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sossy

3:49PM | Mon, 31 January 2005

outstanding contrastful colored capture! and so very impressive the splended catch of the icecrystals! fantastic detailed and well seen! a wonder of nature's artwork! ;o)))

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