Looking Across the Street Again

One night after photographing the neighbour's seasonal display, I felt compelled to do it again. We had freezing rain in the early evening, and with my window partially iced, I thought I might capture some interesting effects by shooting through the ice. Let's see if I succeeded.

This ↓ is how the main display looked. Do you like it? I do.

I pointed my camera the garage and to the window above it — the one with the tree. I like that too.

Maybe the other neighbour's tree didn't turn out quite as well, but I find the gentle diffusion around the pinpoints of the lights, interesting.

It was hard to catch with the camera, but from another angle I could tree the shadows of trees when I focused on the ice itself and not on the scene beyond.

However, when I looked out again before I went to bed several hours later, the ice on the window had melted, and, lo and behold, there was snow on the ground. That necessitated one more shot, but you can see the round waterdrops that were splattered here and there on the pane. They show up best in the dark background above the lights.

That was an interesting diversion, and not having to leave the house to get winter photos was a bonus.