frost on the fields around Walddorf 2014-01-18

grain field with frost

Frost with backlight sparkles.

View over the fields of Walddorf, the fog in Neckar (river) valley and the hills of the Schwäbische Alb.

branches of an old Hibiscus shrub with frost

Sulzeiche, an old oak at the edge of Schönbuch forest

moss 2014-01-18

moss with frost

The morning sun melts the frost into tiny drops.

hoarfrost at Birkensee [I] 2013-12-12

common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

getting up early pays off - way to Birkensee with hoarfrost

common heather

Birkensee ("birch lake")

refletions in the frozen Birkensee

lens flare

birch trunk

Sunlight melts the hoarfrost and converts it into drops, refraction in these creates the colours.

"birch trunk in birch lake"

grasses [II] 2013-12-12

Along the way to Birkensee: Grasses and branches with hoarfrost in morning light - as picturesque as fragile, because the sun quickly melts the frost.

fern [III] 2013-12-12

fern with hoarfrost in morning light

twice the same view - but with different focus