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Thomas Huber

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A touch of frost
« on: January 15, 2007, 01:24:08 PM »
Still no sign of frost here in my garden, but when I visited my parents-in-law at Christmas (600m)
I found this beautiful scenery and had to hurry, because sunshine was burning down everything
of the white touch within the next hour:
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 01:35:21 PM »
And some more:
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 01:45:01 PM »
Thomas, what wonderful photos! Luckily I am already sitting here wearing a fur coat and fingerless gloves, or I would have needed to go and put on warm clothes, you frosty pix are so real! (The Bulb Despot is a little sparing with the central heating, what can I say!)
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 02:20:00 PM »
Maggi I could send you some warm wishes for warming you up  ;D

Here the last photos of that beautiful day:
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2007, 02:42:14 PM »
Your warm wishes have done me good, Thomas! I see the there are some windmills in the area, which echo very well in the shapes of the frost on the seed heads. What is the round tower with the veranda below?
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Thomas Huber

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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2007, 03:12:32 PM »
Maggi, the round tower is the "Knüll-Tower" on top of the Knüllköpfchen - which is the highest point of
the Knüll-Mountains. My parents-in-law live below the peak in Schwarzenborn and we often use to go
sledging there in winter, when it's white there and green in Neustadt (30km westward).
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2007, 04:53:45 PM »
Fantastic photos Thomas!
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2007, 04:56:51 PM »
Great pictures Thomas - was it very windy there?  A lot of the ice seems to have built up on one side.

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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2007, 05:24:34 PM »
terrific photo's Thoams - you certainly have an eye for a good photo.
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2007, 06:03:48 PM »
We used to have winters, once upon a time.

Beautiful pictures, Thomas. Thank you for sharing them.
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2007, 08:41:52 PM »
Thomas,

I never saw frost like that, simply amazing. Fabulous photographs, well captured.

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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2007, 07:36:09 AM »
Thanks everybody - great you like my photos!

John, it was NOT windy when I made the shots, but obviously it was the days before!
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2007, 08:00:11 AM »
Great pix Thomas, many thanks for sharing them.
Shows how beautiful "cold" can be - we haven't seen any this winter over here so far, but they're predicting a cold spell for next week.... :o
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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2007, 08:03:59 AM »
Yes, Luc, I don't like the winter coldness, but I thought the same, when I made the photos!
Forecasters are warning for new storms at the following weekend and then for coldness!
Thomas Huber, Neustadt - Germany (230m)

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Re: A touch of frost
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2007, 10:01:53 PM »
What an amazing winter landscape. Thanks so much Thomas. You must have frozen out there in the cold, taking all the pictures. Great heroism! I hope there was something warm to drink when you finished. I think hoar frost is one of the most beautiful things in the world.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

 


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