Photo of the Week – God’s Handiwork

I’ve decided to implement a Photo of the Week feature to highlight some of the images my readers have captured.

Our inaugural photo comes from my good friend Christa who, after playing more with her settings Saturday, took this wonderful photo of icicles dangling elegantly from an evergreen. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words and this one speaks of the beauty of unexpected snow days and the wonder of God’s creation.

Christa did a great job capturing the tones of the sunset, its reflection on the sparkly, icy snow and the ice on the evergreen in the bottom right corner. Art should have movement and this photo does; the snow looks as if it was poured onto the boughs and it is almost as if we’re watching as it slowly melts, forming the icicles. These evergreen boughs are not sturdy, they do not hold weight well, and yet they are able to hold the mixture of snow and ice without breaking.

Her focus is sharp, too, which is important when photographing icicles.

I read Christa’s blog entry, The Handiwork of God, just after she shot this and I know she was very pleased with herself. And she should be, because this photo is beautiful.

Here in the South, snow closes the roads, schools, businesses and churches. After having been cooped up in the house with her family all day, she stole a few minutes for a walk in the snow with her camera.

“When I shot it I was standing in at least 6 inches of snow wearing my husband’s clothes and shoes,” she says. “I was feeling particularly artsy and wanting to capture things the way I was seeing them.”

This shows it doesn’t take expensive equipment to capture great photos, either. Christa shot this with a point-and-shoot camera, not a dSLR.

“My camera is a Canon PowerShot, SD1200IS to be exact. I was playing around with the settings; I changed my exposure to -1.5 it also has this setting where you can change it to macro for up close so I changed it to that,” she said. “It was set on ISO 1600, too.”

For Christa, the photo is not just another memory from an ice and snow storm.

“This photo to me, is proof of not only God’s existence, but also His creativity,” says Christa. “I mean, I know that lots of places have snow all the time, but for this Cali girl, it is soooo beautiful.”

If you would like to submit a photo you’ve taken for the Photo of the Week feature, or nominate a photo you’ve seen, email me at edayphotographyATgmail.com.

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