Ice. Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area, Kennebunk Maine

I went out to the Kennebunk Plains yesterday to see if I could get out to the pond. It was very quiet. No birds, no sign of wildlife of any kind. The pond was still completely frozen over. The grasslands, however, had lost most of their snow. (That was yesterday. We got close to 6 inches overnight.) All that was left, at least where the snow had not drifted, were patches of ice in the low spots where the sun was slowly sculpting around vegetation, creating filigree ice. I am always reminded of french curves. I photographed a lot of patches, and chose these 4 as a representative sample. To me, the panel is worth some study as I find quite a bit of subtle beauty there. Sony RX10iv at various focal lengths. In-camera HDRs. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic.