Frosty Pine and Windmill #2
by Mike Lee
Title
Frosty Pine and Windmill #2
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
I’ve always liked this old windmill sitting next to this even older ponderosa pine down the road a mile or so from my Janesville California home. Unfortunately, from a photographic standpoint, it is surrounded by lots of buildings, etc, that wouldn’t look particularly attractive in a photograph. Fortunately, on this day the freezing fog and hoar frost alleviated those potential downsides.
It’s common for us to get freezing fog and hoar frost on cold winter days after a good dose of snow like what occurred a few days before this image was captured. Hoar frost gets its name from the old English (or would it be Olde English?) word 𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘳 which basically means old or weathered, such as a white beard. This is a good description for the thick frost as it makes some things, like trees, look like they’re sprouting white beards.
Lots of folks also refer to this fog and the frost it creates as Pogonip from the Shoshone word 𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘩 for fog..
The highway ribbon that can be seen in the background is US 395 which runs north/south from southern California to the Canadian border. For much of the year it's very busy but on a cold December morning like this one it gets pretty quiet.
This image, while of a naturally "monochromatic" scene is a color image. The early morning light combined with that fog and frost just really subdued the tones but I think those subdued hues add something to the image so I opted to leave it in color.
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December 20th, 2021
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Comments (25)
William Dunigan 29 Days Ago
Polar opposites but certainly a great match -- love the sense of scale with that windmill in there!
Karen Adams
Simply beautiful! congrats on your 3rd place showing in the contest… WINTERFOLD SQUARE FORMAT! Really like this one! , , , ,f/l
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your winning 3rd Place in the contest… WINTERFOLD SQUARE FORMAT! F/L
William Dunigan
Great contrast in size, that enormous tree makes the windmill look so little!
Mike Lee replied:
Thanks you, William! We have a few giant ponderosas like that in this neighborhood...alone in a field, they can achieve some very impressive size!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your terrific art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the T IS FOR TALL week JULY 31, 2023 - AUGUST 7, 2023. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Frosty Pine and Windmill composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted
Beryl Jasper
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