It's time to start Round Ten of our Mundane as Art Challenge. So many of you have asked us to focus on Ice and the time to do so has arrived!
What Are We Looking For In This Round?
You can submit artful pictures of any of the following:
- ice cubes
- icicles
- frozen water
- hail
- etc...
Here Are some Examples to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing!
This is a photo from my dear Steemit friend @old-guy-photos. You can see the cool way that he created this shot by looking at his post here.
Here's another version of the photo that @old-guy-photo's took!
The Following Four Examples Are From Pixabay.com
There are a lot of possibilities with this round!
Here's a Reminder of The Galleries That You've Already Helped Create!
- Art Exhibit of Manhole Covers!
- Your Photographs of Streets!
- Damaged Asphalt Gallery
- The Tree Bark Virtual Gallery
- Mundane Art: Stones
- The Mundane as Art: Grass
- The Mundane as Art: Rust!
- The Mundane as Art: Sand Patterns!
- The Mundane as Art: Moss And Lichen
What If You Live in a Hot Country?
Some of my favorite pictures are of ice cubes in a glass or anywhere else for that matter!
Here Are The Rules For The Contest With 20 Steem in Prizes!
- One submission per person
- If you enter a photo please also up vote this post.
- You can create a post using the tag mundaneart but the photo must be posted in the comments here as well.
- Feel free to use processing and editing to create a special look but I also love the natural look!
- The photo must be your original work. Please don't use photos that you find on the internet!
- Submissions will no longer be accepted after the post has payed out in 7 days.
This is going to be an exciting round as you help me to create another beautiful Mundane as Art Gallery!
What Mundane Object would Like to See Featured in Round Eleven?
Please let me know as your comments are noted, needed and appreciated! I hope that you enjoyed this article on "The Mundane as Art Round Ten. Ice!"
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
Thank you for posting @kus-knee.
Steemians appreciate these contests....a lovely way to introduce one to Steemit.
Thank you for the opportunity to participate.
Wishing you and the contestants all the best.
Thank you to @country-girl for suggesting this photograph.
Cheers.
Spiky and sharp, cool photo!
This is so funny @bleujay. I think I called it :)
Nicely done. Ice daggers! :)
Thanks for your submission!
What if you live in a cold country?
Have you ever been to Jakutsk?
Temperature: -41 Celsius degrees.
I've never been there but I lived in a freezer for the first 35 years of my life. Do you know what the freezer was called? Canada!
While I was reading your answer, I thought the refrigerator was your Manü!
But she is your guardian wife that drives your dreams.
Best wishes, R
Hey now. I live in a freezer. :) It's very nice here, sometimes. ☃️
I'm often home sick so that should tell you something! :)
What are you homesick for in particular? Tim Horton Coffee? The buzz around the lake? Friday the 13th in Dover? Want me to take a photo of somewhere for you?
hey @bleujay
i agreed with your thought and well wished to @country-girl, its nice achievement
Amazing image @bleujay. Love the contrast the sharp crystal sword has with the abstract background. 🦋
Are those rock formations behind the icicle? The background could make a photo all by itself. Very nice composition.
Here's my entry:
I hope you like it.
This is brilliant and worth a serious upvote too! ;) Thanks for sharing.
Namaste :)
Lovely photograph @oldtimer.
All the best to you.
Cheers.
Nature's graceful art, i love it!
Beautiful ice feathers!
That's pure magic!
That is beautiful!
This is beautiful. I like the feather-like ice crystals.
Here's my entry!! Hope you like it.
Blurred Lines
I like it. Very Canadiana!
Ice skating rink? Lovely lines @countrygirl. 🦋
Thank you @allyinspirit. I just saw your entry too....frosty roses :)
Oh to answer your question....yes, an outdoor skating rink - actually a bike path that gets frozen over in the winter. It's very nice. That's my husband and our granddaughter....well their reflections :)
Your granddaughter in the red. And I can just make out that they are holding hands now. Beautiful. 🦋
They are!! I wish I could show her face but I have to respect privacy boundaries. She is angelic and lovely and has an open heart.
Lovely entry........ @countrygirl.
All the best.
Cheers.
Thank you @bleujay. Cheers back at you :)
This made me smile. I hope you had fun at the ice rink!
Thank you so much @hollyup. We did.
it is the contrast from the vagueness of the shades of the persons at the ice with the memory of the sharpness of the blades of skates, that makes this so special, I like it.
Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@nelinoeva/the-mundane-as-art-round-10-ice
So delicate. They look like they would melt before your eyes Neli. 🦋
Thank you Ali! Your frozen roses are fantastic!
That’s a beauty!
Thank you very much! :-)
Gorgeous!
I can't wait to see all the entries! This is a super idea!
Here we go:
And a full story here: https://steemit.com/photofeed/@axeman/ufo
Beautiful:)
Very beautiful!
Very nice!
Here is a close up of one of the ice sculptures presented on the Ice on Whyte Festival in Edmonton I visited yesterday. A perfect fit for the Mundane Art Contest.
Have a wonderful day :)
Wow, this is so amazing!
That's a beauty!
Absolutely amazing :)
This is not mundane at all... ha ha!
There's nothing mundane about this - how gorgeous!
It’s not mundane but I had to share :)
Sneak peek = mailing tomorrow!
Exciting stuff! can't wait!
Icey cool!
Here is my entry:
That looks like a cold seat! :) Where is that? Quebec?
I took this photo in Ice Castles in Edmonton.
Beautiful
Oh wow. I need to get a throne like this :) Very Narnia looking
Oh my ....my butt is freezing just looking at this throne ... =))
Brrrr! Great picture!
COOL contest :D
Extremely cool!
My ice entry... crystals on the Rideau RiverCanada
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@offgridlife/mundane-as-art-ice-crystals-along-the-rideau-river
Thanks for the lovely submission!
Truly beautiful. Must have been a most beautiful sight. 🦋
Thanks... yes .... snow shoeing along the river - had to almost lay in the snow to get this photo.
This is beautiful.
Thanks.
My Photo:
https://steemit.com/mundane/@daisyphotography/mundane-as-art-ice-crystals-on-the-lilac-tree
Thanks for this.
This one actually made me want to reach for an extra blanket. That photo says winter for sure.
The air looks sooooooooooo cold. Great photo.
Thank you for the opportunity to participate, @kus-knee. My Steemit account was just approved about 2 hours ago, and I was hoping I wouldn't miss the deadline to participate.
This photo is my ice cube tray in my refrigerator. I like how the ice has partially melted into organic shapes, and the plastic window looks like the water level. This reminds me of icebergs, but without the underwater camera.
This is very good @hollyup. You're right it looks like icebergs.
Thanks, @countrygirl! I like your pictures, too.
Thanks so much for sending this in and welcome to Steemit!
Thank you! I like this contest, if you do another one I'll probably enter that, too!
I have already used this photo in a post but it fits perfectly with this contest so will post it here on it's own. Hope that's OK.
Please let me know if it isn't. 😊
Very cool image...
Thank you!
Yes it’s OK. Very nice!
Hiiiiiii:))) This is my entry:
That was a cold day!
A very cold day:)
Fantastic abstract quality. It would make an amazing painting @olgy-art
Many thanks 😊😊😊😊
Here is my entry. It's a detail from one of my ice sculptures.
Thanks so much for this wonderful entry!
Another awesome round of Mundane art. Love it. My entry can be found HERE
Great photo!
Really a nice contest, thanks! Here my contribution;
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@sustainancy/the-mundane-as-art-round-10-ice
Goregeous entry, Nancy!
Wow, so beautiful! Is this a feather?
Thanks so much. That’s a beauty!
Good beautiful morning :) I am follow u :)
Hello Old Dog and Steem Friends
Here is my entry for round ten – ice! Link to full post and more photos
Thank you @kus-knee : ) Have a good week!
Very original!
Thank you! That's means a lot coming from you... with all the images you see every week!
I want these!!!
They are sweet! I don't know there name but hard to look good even when frozen - lol!
Such a striking image @realworldeats. Love the colouring of the desert with the ice of the mountains. 🦋
Thank you @allyinspirit! I appreciate the comments. I will post more from this road trip. One image in each of the different zones - desert to mountains and back : ) like traveling to different countries all in one state!
Here is an icey creek I shot yesterday during a hike in the woods.
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@otage/ice-creek-mundane-as-art
Below are a couple of GIFs I made of the snow falling and water running.
Thanks for joining in the fun!
Thanks for the challenge!
Love the edges of the ice in the first image. 🦋
Nature is wonderful!
Sleet collecting on statue.
Thanks. Some really awesome photos on this feed!
Sleet.....very creative! I like this photo - it's very emotional.
Thanks. Its a statue of the same young man, one smiling as a student, and then as a soldier. The sleet seemed to fit the mood.
Definitely, I can see why. A very sobering statement.
What a great shot - love this!
Thanks
I LIKE it!
Thank you for the contest ideas!
One of a kind creative image @ohicklin. 🦋
Thanks a lot.
Thank you @kus-knee for the new contest !
See my entry : https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@livelifefullest/the-mundane-as-art-round-10-ice
these skeletonized leaves are so delicate.....nice shot.
Very interesting shot!
wow, what a lovely photo, nice capture!
So delicate, enhanced by the colours. Like a beautiful piece of jewelry. 🦋
Hello dear friend @ kus-knee, you always surprise us with incredible challenges, I love the thread and the snow, I'll see what I can get, Corrientes is a city that is very hot, I will have to resort to my son Ivan who lives in the south of country that help me with some photographs, to be able to accompany this magnificent challenge.
I hope you've had a wonderful weekend
You can also use ice cubes!
Branches in the old willow tree after our last ice storm.
stands of golden Christmas lights.....:)
Oh such lovely words! I may steal that if I do a full ice storm post! You are so good with words.
aw....thanks @melinda010100 - of course you can have these words. I'll watch for your stormy post!
beauty! like it a lot, what a cheerful lightning :-)
Thanks so much!!
I like the perspective.
Thank you, kind Sir!😃
The golden highlights glistening are so magical Melinda. And love the long thin shapes. 🦋
Amazing entry, Melinda! Good luck for the contest! :)
beautiful @melinda010100, love the light glow on the strands.
Thanks, Claudia! I'm so glad you like it!
Thanks for this!
Thank you @kus-knee for making this challenge. I want to participate in it with this photo I made four years ago when we have severe ice problems in our country.
Hope you'll like it! Have a nice rest of the day!
oh that poor tree....I hope it made it to springtime. So heavy with ice.
You won't believe, but it really is survived. At least this one...
Thanks so much!
My ice slide:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@may2015/the-mundane-as-art-round-10-ice-ice-slide
Thanks a lot!
Love the idea of these contests ! Here are some icebergs floating off Alaska that I shot while sailing there last year.
Image taken by and remains the Copyright of Robert Downie - http://www.robertdowniephotography.com
Breathtaking! So calm yet so fierce. Love this.
Thanks !
stunning!!! After I saw fox glacier and mount cook, I would so love to visit this ! wow
Thanks. Its quite special to see floating icebergs.
yes that must be! Although I found the glaciers also spectacular, but they do not float :-)
Fabulous!
The reflections are so strong as well. Beautifully photographed. 🦋
Here is my entry:
and the link to the post :)
frozen roses, it could be the start of a poem :-)
I like the icy colors!
Love how the ice crystals form around the edges of the petals. Lovely contrasting background too. 🦋
So beautiful and fragile.
Thank you for sponsoring this contest @kus-knee! I couldn't resist entering a little bit of ice, ice, baby!
Here is my submission. I hope you like it! Icy Evergreens!
Fabulous!
Thank you!!
Love the abstract soft forms Denise. Can sense the ice melting and the gentle ephemeral nature of it all. 🦋
What a beautiful entry, Denise! Good luck for the contest! :)
This is my old image (8 years old), captured using my very first digital camera
Nice. What’s the background?
It was my umbrella :)
Wow!
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@pyrowngs/ice-frost-on-my-car-windows-mundane-as-art-ice
This is a GREAT theme! I love all of these photos!
wow! nice!
Very beautiful!
Magical crystals with beautiful lines. Lovely abstractions by nature. 🦋
Here is my entry:,,,,,,, excellent idea friend @kus-knee
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@khurshid/entry-for-kus-knee-the-mundane-as-art-round-ten-ice
I love the photo, especially your shades but where’s the ice?
Oh, I have a lot of pictures with ice. It was very difficult for me to choose one of them)
This is so beautiful, I don't know what to say. I did one of those silent wows. !!
Oh, thank you very much! It's very nice to hear from you!
Gorgeous! Spiky ice thorns that melt once you touch them. Love how nature creates something which looks dangerous to touch but is, in truth, so fragile, harmless and ephemeral.
This is the most beautiful comment I've ever received!
Haha! Really?!? Well its well-deserved. Lovely shot.
You made a good choice.
Thank you, I'm glad that you think so!
You are so lucky to live in a place where there must be so much ice beauty @tanata. Imagine seeing a time lapse of these crystals forming. Such wonders of nature. 🦋
You're right, it's awesome! I'm not a fan of cold, but I like to take photos of such beautiful creations of nature
I participated in 2 rounds (sand and moss) and and didn´t get an upvote in none of them, that´s sad :(
here is one, taken today, of the winter :) :) not going into contest, just showing the scenery out here
Hey friend, I really do try to get around to everyone but it's not always possible.
Well, I guess that´s true. I´ll try again with ice cubes haha thanks for your quick answer!
I really enjoyed all the photos here, thank you @kus-knee for created this contest! Here is my contribution, a small frozen river close to my house in Norway. Hope everyone like it.
Beautiful, Thanks!
First time my son saw snow ❄️❄️❄️
How exciting for your boy!
Great theme! Here is my entry: https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@trulafountaine/the-mundane-as-art-round-ten-glazed-berries
Very nice!
Frozen waterfall in Miskolc-Lillafüred
Click on the image for full resolution!
Fantastic phenomenon!
Wow, impressive!
WOW. 🦋
how about this @kus-knee.
Hehe. Sweet :-)
Thanks you @lichtblick.
hopefully be the best.
I am deeply moved.
thank you
haha nice!
Delicious's :)
@kus-knee Thank you for this opportunity. This post upvoted and resteemed!
This is my post. It is mint juleps because ice is the magic ingredient.
Thanks!
My Entry 4U @kus-knee :-)
I see so many other amazing ice art photos here!!
What a great contest 👍
I hope you will all go and look at what she made and did with this image, I copied and pasted my remark from her post page below. She took that mundane image and made quite a few masterpieces out of it. Trust me when I say you will not be disappointed. And @kus-knee she should have picked that second image, I think when you see it you will agree.
Thanks a lot!
This is my contribution to round 10:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@pipurilla/the-mundane-as-art-round-10-ice
Another very nice entry!
stunning photo @pipurilla, so dainty looking!
Thanks a lot, Claudia! 😃
Your photograph is SO special Patrick. So magical. Are these actually natural formations? 🦋
Thank you so very much, Alison!
Yes, it's natural and guess that no mans hand coud form this. It is only about 1cm high. The hole lake surface was full of these little wonders. I took so many photos of them and believe me, it was not easy to chose one for this contest.
Guess its the wind and the freezing mist building this.
An excellent idea @kus-knee!
I have an archive of 149 gigabytes of my own photos, in which there is snow, but there is not one icicle or ice))) Haha!
I have a week to fix the situation! need to hurry;)))
There's got to be some ice somewhere!
Unfortunately, so little snow and ice this winter in Serbia.
Here's my entry:
Cool!
Unfortunately? You must be one of those that love the outdoor winter. We have had a warmer than normal, until this last week, winter here in the part of alaska we live in, and it's still to cold. ;-}. But we are able to get some pretty cool camera shots being in these cold places. Frozen stump or a rock? Pretty cool how our northern mosses survive a lot of different weather.
That's very nice @zoricatech. We must have gotten all of your snow and ice!! Another stormy day here in Canada.!
I love the abstraction quality in many of your images @zoricatech. And this one could be the inspiration for a magical movie set. 🦋
Nice to see you are having another gallery event
Here is my humble contribution, I hope everybody is having some fun.
Greetings from Japan
Oh great! Japanese ice!!!! Beautiful!
Looks almost like an ice form of mandrake root, or the bottom half of a frozen walker on game of thrones show. I like it.
I just googled mandrake root and I need to agree. Pretty similar huh
Yes it does look like mandrake root. Cool.
Wonderful overall image ~ Love the background as much as the ice shapes. 🦋
Hello Friend @kus-knee! This is a fascinating competition and I really love to make photos of frozen nature! Here's my post where I put up 7 beautiful photos:
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@olga.maslievich/the-mundane-as-art-round-ten-ice-diamond-crystals-on-the-leaves-7-original-photos-of-the-frosty-morning-by-olga-maslievich
Thanks so much for your entry.
here is my entry :
https://steemit.com/mundaneart/@beforandafter/the-mundane-as-art-round-ten-ice
Thanks a lot.
Hey @kus-knee! Thank you for picking ICE! I was among those who suggested it, but at the end i found out that it wasn't such a great idea! Why? Because i have so many good ice photos, that it was really hard to pick only one out of many.
So here is my entry:
And another shot of the same, just from another angle
You can click on the image to open it in full resolution. And you are very welcome to check my latest Mundane Art post with some more ICE photos - Post on my blog
This is an amazing shot! Water and wind working together....I don't think I have seen anything like it, very very cool.
Thank you it was first time for me as well.
Thanks so much for this interesting photo!
Winter in Sydney is so short lived. Photographers here are lucky to awaken to a foggy or frosty morning perhaps once or twice a year. And never snow. 🦋
So my entry for 'Mundane as Art: Ice' is an ice work that I made with roses and based on the 11:11 symbol.
You can read the full story at Mundane as Art: Round 10: Ice. Frozen Roses.
What is the significance of the 11:11 symbol? I'll look it up. I like the layers of roses - some deeper entrenched in the ice than others....different stages of frozen.
The 11:11 is also called 'The Portal' ~ An opening to a new way of being.
Once you know about it your life will never be quite the same again @countrygirl. You will see it everywhere. Often as the time on your mobile or computer.
When you see it, take it as a sign that the Universe is smiling upon you and wants you to stop whatever you are doing, so that you can hear whatever she has to say to you.
I include 11:11 in some of my art pieces, in the hope that it may have a similar effect. 🦋