reflective slush

[OT from cottage renovations]

it's gotten warmer so things are beginning to melt.  there's still a brittle crust on the top of the stack, but what's underneath has been going from ice to a mixture of slush and water.  the surface is now more grey than white and though somewhat less reflective it had plenty of clear, direct sun falling upon it. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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Woodward Park

this Japanese maple has tiny seed pods.  depending on device settings these thumbnail images as seen on your screen are probably somewhere eight to ten times larger than the objects depicted.  of course the higher resolution images are magnified even further. 

these images show the texture and detail in two different ways:

in relief


translucent

if the second image seems a bit abstract you're not off base -- I did play around with it a bit. 

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Jackson Park

the top layer has lost just enough texture to render shadows in a slightly grainy and indeterminate way. 

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the Circle

hibiscus seed pod

this seed pod has already opened and released its contents.  late afternoon light comes streaming through the exposed layers.