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Frozen in time: These spell-binding pictures look like painstakingly carved ice art that even the most experienced ice sculptors would be proud of

Freeze frame: Andrew Osokin has captured stunning images of ice formations and snow using macro photography

Tiny: Some of the icicles are so small they are barely visible tot he naked eye

Ice art: They look like painstakingly carved ice art that even the most experienced sculptors would be proud of

Frosty: But take a cold, hard look and you will see they are in fact tiny natural ice formations, captured in minute detail

Water pretty picture: The 43-year-old from Moscow captures the beauty of frozen water in its crystal-like form

Natural beauty: : He say he appreciates the beauty of nature so the idea of photographing icicles was the perfect subject for him

Street art: Andrew takes to the street and focuses his lens on what he finds and the result is an endlessly fascinating series of unique structures

Brave: Using Nikon D-80 and D-90 cameras and special lenses, Andrew braved the Russian cold to capture what he found in the Moscow environment

'Pictures are not made in the studio, on the street in the frost,' he says.

On the street: Andrew says the images are particularly powerful because 'pictures are not made in the studio, on the street in the frost'

Charged: Once the liquid is completely frozen, the sharp tip of the drop attracts water vapor in the air, much like a sharp metal lightning rod attracts electrical charges

Crystals: The water vapour collects on the tip and a tree of small ice crystals starts to grow, as seen above

Frozen still: This could be a bird about to take flight

Crystals: The water vapour collects on the tip and a tree of small ice crystals starts to grow, as seen above

Blue background: While the coloured backgrounds to Andrew's photographs look set up but are actually natural light from wherever he chose to take the picture