On the morning I went out to shoot some photos of ice, I slipped on ice next to my truck as I was loading my camera bag. I landed on my stainless steel coffee mug, which hit me right around the left kidney. Ouch! I managed to make out and grab a few shots before going home to recover with an ice pack.
Oslo, Norway
I often go in search of abstract patterns in ice but, when the ice is gone, I find other sources of natural art. On a recent trip to the St. Louis River where it flows through Jay Cooke State Park in Minnesota, I happened upon patterns created by the swirling foam. Being white foam on dark water, the patterns are naturally monochromatic.
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One of my favorite subjects in the winter is ice patterns on the ledge rock along the shore of Lake Superior. I have also found these patterns in other locations when ice is freezing in layers creating natural abstracts.
Fujifilm GFX 100s, Fuji GF 45-100mm f4
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It was taking awhile to get checked in to the hotel, so I wandered around and then looked up.
Frozen pond with grass © Steven Willard\
The nearby pond has been frozen over for more than a month. In that time it has partially thawed and refrozen, been snowed on several times, and been rained upon. Each event has left its mark as textures and patterns that change daily and offer an endless variety of subjects for a photographer.
Olympus OMD EM1 MKII with 40-150mm f2.8 zoom, processed in Snapseed.
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The river creates the patterns, the photographer documents and adds human touches to the creation. Taken on a small eddy on the edge of the St. Louis River near Duluth, Minnesota.
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Monochromia 
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