snowflake

[Beth]

left my week long getaway in florida a few days early and rushed home to beat the impending winter weather. managed to grab this while it was snowing.

sony a1 and 90mm macro with some macro tubes

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice details in the ice crystals. Amazing array of shapes the ice can take.

 

[JimFox]

Really amazing work! I have tried that before and never got anything even near this good.

 

[Beth]

Nice details in the ice crystals. Amazing array of shapes the ice can take.

thanks alan. the patterns are pretty interesting.

Really amazing work! I have tried that before and never got anything even near this good.

thanks jim. i've tried 3 times this year with different gear and it's the first time i got something to come out. i almost missed out this time because the weather changed and i started getting clumpy pieces of ice instead of flakes. the magic gear combo ended up being 52mm in macro tubes and a sharp macro lens. i also used a tripod and a cheap ring light. i played with a lumecube mini light panel for some side lighting, which i think would have worked great if i'd found snow flakes instead of slush.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Good work, I have been practicing close ups this is a good subject if we get some more snow.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice details and a variety of shapes. The OOF background adds to it as well.

 

[Beth]

Good work, I have been practicing close ups this is a good subject if we get some more snow.

thanks ben. hopefully you'll have better luck than i had. our snow was clumpy and didn't have many flakes in it this year. we had beautiful flakes in my first attempt, but the gear i was trying to use then wasn't cutting it.

Nice details and a variety of shapes. The OOF background adds to it as well.

thanks jameel.