Frozen Soap Bubbles: ZALUSKArt’s Close-Up Winter Film
A clear soap bubble sits on snow. Then tiny feather-like shapes appear, drift and spread until the little sphere looks etched. ZALUSKArt’s ...
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ZALUSKArt’s Warsaw Bubble Photographs: The Stages Before the Surface Freezes
A bubble is a tiny subject with a surprisingly busy surface. In ZALUSKArt’s Warsaw photographs, its round outline holds sharp little branch...
Shawn Knol’s Melting Ice: Colour Through Polarized Light
Ice does not usually announce itself in a changing palette of vivid colours. Shawn Knol’s Ice Crystals Timelapse uses a particular lighting...
Freezing Soap Bubbles: Patterns Forming on a Delicate Surface
A transparent bubble slowly acquires pale, branching patterns. What began as a nearly invisible film becomes a small moving display of ice....
Chris Calvert’s Close-Up Film of a Growing Ice Crystal
A few pale branches against a dark background can hold as much visual interest as a mountain panorama. This close-up, attributed in the ori...
24 Ice and Snow Formations: From Frozen Bubbles to Lake Michigan Lighthouses
A bubble, a curled sheet and a spiral roll can all look like little winter sculptures. Their shapes are inviting, but they should not be gi...
Angela Kelly’s Frozen Bubbles: Ice Crystals, Reflections and Fragile Forms
Angela Kelly’s Frozen in a Bubble photographs find an entire winter landscape in a thin soap film. Crystal patches, reflections and collapsi...
18 Snowflake Photographs: Patterns Worth a Closer Look
A snowflake close-up reveals patterns that disappear when snow becomes a white landscape. Branches, small plates and overlapping crystals gi...
Alexey Kljatov’s Snowflake Photography: Tiny Crystals, Resourceful Equipment
Alexey Kljatov’s snowflake photographs reveal elaborate structures with a resourceful close-focus camera setup. The equipment picture is a w...