Yet another December’s solstice is a few hours away. Wishing everyone peace this holiday season and throughout the new year.
#startrails #nightsky #christmastree #winterholiday

Refraction. Component colors of morning sunlight shining through beveled glass in the front door on a window frame on the far side of the house. (Camera's auto white balance and vivid color setting exaggerated the blue tone on the window frame.)
#morninglight #prism #abstract

Fall colors.
#fall #fallcolours #fallcolors #autumn

From this summer: lightning from a slow moving thunderstorm in the Shenandoah Valley.
#lightning #lightningbolts

Another daffodil.
#photography #flower #daffodil

Daffodils.
#photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #macro #flowers #daffodils

Go outside. Shut the door.
Jupiter and Venus conjunction in today's late evening twilight. They were about half a degree apart. Three of Jupiter's brightest moons are lined up at top left. The moon was also gorgeous
The planets will be moving apart over the next few days, but worth a look, even in light polluted areas.
#photography #nightsky #venus #jupiter #moon #twilight #obliquestrategies

Light and shadows among the tall trees.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #verticalpanorama #panorama

An ephemeral stream that froze.
A sudden temperature drop after a heavy rain clogged this intermittently flowing stream with ice.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography

Frost on a window.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #macrophotography