In our part of the world, we get more snow than freezing rain but in late November, 2005, we got rain and then cold temperatures. Everything was coated in a layer of ice. School was called off, trees broke and driving was difficult. But there was a silver lining – the clear, icy coating.

I took this photo late in the day after the storm had passed and the sun had come out – you can see the sun glowing in each of the out-of-focus ice-cycles in the back of the photo. I took about 20 pictures during the short time I was outside but this is really the only one that turned out.

Canon 5D f5.0 1/640 iso320 Canon 70-200 2.8L (135mm)