The 2/15/21 Macro Mondays theme is In Ice.

For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: "In Ice".

HMM!

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Now for my 2nd imagery for the Macro task for "In Ice" I created a lit fairy light frozen in ice, created from a pastry cutter, representing a flower, and through this evoking Winter and the Pandemic, and all of us waiting for the thaw of Spring to arrive, literally and metaphorically.

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Für "Macro Mondays"

Thema "In Ice" am 15.02.2021.

Have a "Happy Macro Monday"

and a good start into the new week.

Stay safe/Bleibt gesund!

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Taken for this weeks Macro Mondays theme: in ice.

This was a fun theme to work on. :)

Thank you so much for your views, comments and favs. It is very much appreciated. :) HMM to all!

#19 - 100 x challenge

I took this one while I was playing with ice for the MM theme a few weeks ago but didn't use it as I was a bit doubtful about the limited focus. I used the Lensbaby Pro with Sweet 35 optic and macro converters. Had a little faff with it today and here it is.

Hoping you are all having a wonderful weekend

Macro Mondays: In Ice

Pixie would like to thank the MM moderators and the people who suggested this theme, which provided him with a weekend full of entertainment, puzzlement and reflexion over this strange, cold, hard, wet thing.

Macro f/22.0

Image area is 1.5" x 1.5".

Shepton, TX # 372

Macro Mondays. In Ice

Two pups playing in the water. The temperature dropped and suddenly they were frozen in place! Better watch out, that's what happened to the dinosaurs, or is it????

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"Macro Mondays" - "In Ice"

Titel: Im Eis - Industrie Produkt Makro Kunst Fotografie.

Jörg Schubert / #schubertj73 / Künstler

Title: In Ice - Industrial Product Macro Art Photography.

Jörg Schubert / #schubertj73 / Artists

Compositionally Challenged Week 23 - Top Five Favorites

I love macro, I love abstract. Combining them makes me happy! :)

I only wanted an ice-pack on my head!!

How to Make Clear Ice Cubes at Home for Picture-Perfect Drinks

Whether you’re mixing up cocktails or mocktails, learn how to make clear ice at home to give all of your beverages a professional finish.

By Andrea Beck

Better Homes And Gardens

Updated on February 8, 2023

Clear ice cubes definitely make drinks look prettier and ready for their close-up but there's an added benefit to making clear ice. They don’t melt quite as fast as regular ice, because clear ice cubes have fewer air bubbles trapped inside. While you might be used to seeing clear ice cubes in drinks at restaurants and bars, most ice cubes you’ve frozen yourself probably look a little cloudy or opaque. But this doesn’t mean your water isn’t clean, or that your ice cubes aren’t as pure as your favorite restaurant. Though impurities can make your ice cubes look white or cloudy instead of clear, how you freeze your ice also has a lot to do with whether the cubes look clear. Follow these tips from former bartender Millie Pham to help make clear ice at home.

What Type of Water to Use to Make Clear Ice

Though cloudy ice isn’t always caused by the water you’re using, it helps to start off with the purest possible water. “Cloudiness in ice results from impurities, such as air, minerals, and other things that aren’t pure H2O,” Pham says. “As the water starts freezing, impurities are trapped inside the growing crystal structure, creating a cloudy appearance.”

It sounds a little counterintuitive, but you can eliminate some of these impurities by using hot water. “One of my tips for making clearer ice is to use warm or hot water, since there are fewer impurities in warm water than cold water,” Pham says. It won’t freeze quite as quickly, but boiled distilled water will have the fewest impurities and give you the clearest cubes. But while the type of water you use can make your ice a little less cloudy, to make completely clear cubes, you also need to use a special freezing method.

How to Make Ice Cubes Clear

For truly see-through ice cubes, you’ll want to use a clear ice mold. “This method requires effort and time, but it is a great way to make clear ice if you want to save money and have fun doing so,” Pham says. A clear ice mold can range from $25 up to about $50, but you don’t necessarily need anything too fancy to make clear ice. If you want to learn how to make clear ice balls, you can also find directional freezing molds with a spherical shape.

Clear ice molds work by using directional freezing. Unlike regular ice cube molds, which allow water to freeze from all directions, special clear ice molds are usually insulated on the bottom and sides and open on the top. This forces the water to freeze in just one direction (called directional freezing), which forces any air bubbles or remaining impurities out of the ice in that direction, leaving you with clear ice cubes. Regular ice trays allow ice to freeze from all sides, trapping air and minerals in the center of the cubes.

Another option is to buy a clear ice maker, but that’s a much pricier route. “A clear ice maker is the most effective, least hassle, and fastest way to make clear ice if you don’t want to put any effort into making the clear ice,” Pham says. But while some machines can start producing clear ice cubes in less than an hour, most will cost over $200, and produce much smaller cubes than clear ice mold.

How to Make Clear Ice at Home

While you’ll have to monitor a clear ice mold in the freezer, it’s one of the most budget-friendly ways for most people to make ice cubes clear at home. You also don’t have to worry as much about using pure water. Though you can use hot distilled water, even traditional tap water will freeze clear in a directional freezing mold. Here’s how to do it:

Step 1: Fill the Mold with Water

Just like a traditional ice cube mold, fill the clear ice mold with either distilled or tap water.

Step 2: Place Tray in the Freezer

Set the clear ice mold in the freezer. If the opening is at the top, the ice will freeze from top to bottom. It may take about 15 to 20 hours for the ice to freeze.

Step 3: Remove Tray from the Freezer

Once the cubes are frozen, remove the ice mold from the freezer, and take the ice cubes out of the tray. They should be completely clear and ready to use.

Macro Mondays theme Redux 2021

My two choices are:

In Ice - Feb 15

Orange - May 31

But could also be Slices and Sidelit.

...and finally I’ve managed to get 30 mins of sole access to my kitchen for photography time away from the marauding gannets of the rest of the household!

This has been specifically framed to fit the 3" requirement rule.

Happy Macro Mondays and a very Happy New Year to you all! ✨

Macro Mondays: In Ice

♥️💕VALENTINE'S DAY💘⚘

GROUP: MACRO MONDAYS

THEME: IN ICE

SUBJECT: HEART-SHAPED STICKER

(not quite an inch horizontally including open spaces)

For Macro Monday's theme - In Ice

I haven't participated in MM for what seems like forever and this was a bit last minute as I only looked at the theme last night. Somewhere I have a tiny metal crown and wanted to use that for 'ice queen' of course I couldn't find it but had this idea for iced coffee. The backdrop is from my slinkies, some of you know I do like to get plenty of use from my props. I put the coffee pod and water in a silicone cupcake case. I did try to follow the instructions for clear ice but it didn't work as I'd started it too late. It's the taking part that counts though, right? ;) HMM

The slinky album is here: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72177720327203469/

This is also #61 in my 100 x challenge - 100 Lensbaby images and this was made with Lensbaby Sol 45 and macro filters. Cropped to fit the MM size guidelines.

Taking this picture was a lot more complicated than I've expected, didn't think that ice is so milky and intransparent.

Here's an ice cube with a handcuff key in the sunlight.

backlighting with the sun required working quickly as my subject melted faster than frosty the snowman

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My contribution to today's Marco Monday is: a piece of middle size Akadama in ice. I really like the small hole in the ice.

And the Akadama peeping through.

Thanks for your favourites and comments, they are all really appreciated.

about Akadama :

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akadama

And before i forgot, Akadama, is the first choice for good draining Bonsai soil. 8-)

A rose petal frozen for Macro Mondays 'In Ice' theme.

For Macro Mondays' theme: In Ice.

Thank you for viewing!

HMM

-[ Redux 2025 • In Ice (6/16/2025) ]-

Confession time: At times, I can be a world-class procrastinator. I had to pass up on the In Ice theme due to its lead time after checking the theme out too late and with no idea in mind. With plenty of time (and an administrative green light) now on my side, I finally got the opportunity to use the theme, this time to have some icy pun with a Scrabble tile.

The letter T is one of ten one-point letters in a standard English-language Scrabble set. The look of the lower corners of the tile are an artifact of ice bubbles and the strobe; freezing the plastic tile did no harm. I used a yogurt cup, with a base diameter of about 2½" (63.5mm) to form the ice puck containing the game piece.

when you freeze a teabag.....

These shiny hearts and golden giraffes were sent to me inside a birthday card. One giraffe is about an inch tall.

MM theme´s of the week is #inice#

Better on L.

Xicon.

While walking around the gift shop of my local garden centre some time last year I passed a display of plastic animals and decided to buy a couple of them as photo props. I thought of many things to encase in ice for this challenge, but my brain immediately screamed 'NO!' as I realised they would be irreparably damaged. This little seal didn't complain. :)

For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, In ice. From his nose to the top of his head is about ½".

If this hazelnut looks like it made the water around it freeze instantly upon splashing in it, this probably has to do with the way I've set up my shot...

I had attached the tip of the fruit above a plastic cup half full with distilled water and put it in the freezer to get a nice transparent medium. As the surface was frozen, I added some more water to cover the whole. But I was too eager and had not waited long enough, so that it made the first layer melt enough to have the hazelnut sink...

To save the whole thing, I picked the hazelnut from the half frozen liquid and attached the fruit again from the tip. Alas, my repeated interventions created this chaotic effect... which turned out interesting beyond expectation!

... for Macro Mondays theme... In Ice

Electronic components should always be cooled.

Illuminated with three finger lights

Elektronische Bauteile sollten stets gekühlt werden. Beleuchtet mit drei Fingerlichtern

For Macro Mondays' theme: In Ice

HMM

The theme for the week is frozen. I clipped these blossoms from the yard for this challenge.

Safety first, this year no carnival procession on Rosenmontag :-(.

Happy Macro Monday to all flickr friends, HMM and Kölle alaaf !

p.s. wide of this part of a little carnival-item (Karnevalsorden) about 3.5cm

Macro Mondays theme today: "in ice"

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For MM Monday theme One Word

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Für“Happy Macro Monday“ am 15.02.2021.

Thema:“In Ice“.

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