Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Snowflake on my Scarf

It snowed slightly on Friday afternoon as I was heading into the city and a perfect little snowflake fell on my scarf. I quickly took out my camera and carefully snapped a macro-shot of it. How beautiful is that snowflake? The other white spots are the not-so-perfect snowflakes.

So has any random incident of beauty happened in your life lately?

28 comments:

Gecko said...

Perfect is right...that's beautiful!

I'm been having lots of "I'm so lucky" moments. Recently while staying with my friend's relatives we were moving cattle in utes (much different to how we do it here at home) there was a beautiful sunset, starting to cool off after a stinking hot day...just had a moment. hehe, I've been having a few of those lately, I hope it's not a bad sign of things to come!

Olivier said...

bien vu la photo ;o)

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful picture. I live in Texas and we hardly ever get snow, and when we do it doesn't look like that.

Sheri said...

I love this photo. It's very beautiful.

Yesterday I was driving road from Eugene, about an hour long drive. And practically the whole way we were treated to clear skies and an absolutely amazing sunset directly in front of us. Whispers of pinks, purples, oranges, and blues. It was lovely.

Babzy.B said...

your snowflake is perfect , magic ! my post today is for you ;)

VP said...

Very, very original picture, Ming!

PUPUS said...

wonderful!

Hilda said...

Wow. I've always seen the crystalline patterns of snowflakes in illustrations, but never realized they actually came down in that shape. Beautiful, Ming!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful ! Great capture Ming.


Doris

Anonymous said...

what a shot... snowflakes are so beautiful

Lili said...

That teeny-tiny snowflake is beautiful!

Katie said...

I wish! I've been wanting to see a perfect snowflake sometime this winter...

valeria said...

I have seen little snow in my life but nothing so perfect like this! You lucky guy!!!

Well I guess my daughter's smile wouldn't be considered "random" but her lively eyes, her smile, her joy are a true enchantment, my life's most beautiful gift!

Anonymous said...

this is such a lovely lovely ahhhh-sigh shot. nice one ming!

marley said...

Oh my God! That is amazing! You should be very pleased with this photo :)

Virginia said...

Google Snowflake Bentley. He would be proud of you MIng. That is an amazing shot. No macros of snowflakes in our future. I'll just look at yours!
V

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful photo. I can't stop looking at it. You did a wonderful job! Thank you.

Missy said...

Wow nice shot! I didn't know that is the real shape of snowflakes hahaha :-) I should be starting to look for snowflakes here and try to take a shot too :-)

Alexa said...

Beautifully done, Mother Nature! And beautifully captured, Ming.
I'm always open to random incidents of beauty, and grateful when they come my way. I guess the latest is the baby who smiled at me on the subway—and also the lamplight on the snow on the tree outside my window right now.

teahouse said...

Omigosh..that's gorgeous!! I didn't think that it was possible to get that level of detail!

thwany said...

omg that's a perfect snowflake.

Chuck Pefley said...

Nicely done, Ming!!

Jilly said...

Ming, how absolutely fabulous! Welldone, it's a perfectly beautiful snowflake.

PeterParis said...

Well seen, quickly captured! The real blogger spririt!

NormanTheDoxie said...

Beautiful!

Is that scarf itchy?

Mame said...

How did you do it! You and your camera are a good team!

annulla said...

Wow, what a pretty snowflake! Great catch, Ming!

Blather From Brooklyn

Anonymous said...

wah that's a very pretty snowflake, i didn't know that you can see the pattern on the snowflake with naked eyes. Thought one needs view the little patterns through a microscope. :P