Friday, January 15, 2010

Light Reflections

Playing with light and a crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid

is a solid material, whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is crystallography. The process of crystal formation via mechanisms of crystal growth is called crystallization or solidification. The word crystal is derived from the ancient Greek word κρύσταλλος (krustallos), which had the same meaning, but according to the ancient understanding of crystal. At root it means anything congealed by freezing, such as ice.[1] The word once referred particularly to quartz, or "rock crystal".

Most metals encountered in everyday life are polycrystals. Crystals are often symmetrically intergrown to form crystal twins.



Hi my friends,

thanks you so much for all your wonderful congrats to my post about the award I got yesterday. It felt to me like a having a special day, something like Birthday or Christmas or both in once :)) Awards are not falling from the sky every day, it WAS a special day!
And thanks again to Carol for giving it to me.

Today is a beautiful day again in Florida, the temps are in the 70's and now we are heading out to the beach. Hubby need some fresh air to breath - and me too....smile...

I wish you a wonderful day, see you tomorrow.
Susanne



14 comments:

fazrul arhan said...

Nice !!
This is 100% from photo itself or you do some editing in software?

Sue,
I just post a new work on my blog..feel free to come and give some thought on my Bruce Willis drawing..thank you.

S-V-H said...

Hi fazrul,
it's done with a tint over the photo, that's all.
Thanks for commenting.

Feisty Crone said...

This is beautiful!

nothingprofound said...

Enigmatic and beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Love the color! You always manage to keep your blog fresh. Hope all is well with you and your hubby Susanne.

S-V-H said...

Thank you ALL so much for your visit and your comment:

@ Gran, thank you Beth!

@ nothingprofound

@ Tricia

wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Marcie said...

Exquisite detail. Such a very 'cool' result. Love it!!

S-V-H said...

Thank you Marcie :) I'm glad you like it.

Phototherapy said...

Wonderful shapes for this cristal, fascinating. And congrat for the award ;)

S-V-H said...

Thank you very much Charles!

The Retired One said...

Loved the play of light, reflection and blurred edges of this shot. Wonderful!

S-V-H said...

Thank you for the comment, Joan :)

myonlyphoto said...

Susanne I love your experiment. Excellent. Anna :)

S-V-H said...

You liked it? Thanks Anna ;)

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