Snow Flake
Jan 9, 2017 12:20:14 #
Jan 9, 2017 12:47:25 #
Did you take the snowflake to a "safe place" before you took its picture?
Jan 9, 2017 13:37:42 #
Jan 9, 2017 14:44:51 #
Diptera
Loc: SW Idaho
Captured snowflakes then transferred to glass microscope slide. A great winter project.
Jan 10, 2017 13:11:37 #
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Jan 12, 2017 12:50:37 #
Jan 12, 2017 18:27:52 #
Diptera
Loc: SW Idaho
Thanks "Curve In." When you post images I always admire your work. As I viewed your snowflake post I thought to myself - it looks to me like a black wool mitten capture. That was a nice capture.
Jan 13, 2017 06:15:57 #
Diptera wrote:
Thank you! I used a 10" x 10" block of foam that has a black felt-like backing. It gave me a greater area to "hunt" for a good flake.it looks to me like a black wool mitten capture. That was a nice capture.
Jan 13, 2017 10:29:52 #
Diptera
Loc: SW Idaho
The first time I tried photographing snowflakes I used black velvet to catch the snow and that worked ok but I wasn't getting the result I was looking for. The next time I caught the snow on the black velvet and when I found a flake that looked promising I used a very small brush and transferred it to a glass microscope slide which I set on top of a 150 ml beaker which sat on top of a blue background. To get some light from the side I used a car trouble light. My shots are handheld and with the shallow DOF not all edges are sharp but using this technique gave me results closer to what I was after. Appreciate you sharing your information.
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