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Jonathan Long
28th December 2007, 02:48 PM (14:48)
It's snowing here... it's wet and heavy stuff.

I took a few pictures, here's my favorite.

Jon
Desiree Allen-Baker
28th December 2007, 03:01 PM (15:01)
Oooh!
Judy Hamilton
28th December 2007, 03:56 PM (15:56)
It's snowing here... it's wet and heavy stuff.

I took a few pictures, here's my favorite.

Jon

Now get wayy down out in the cold..and do a macro of a snowflake

and teach us how to do it:basic02
Gina Stevenson
28th December 2007, 03:59 PM (15:59)
Pretty, Jonathan! But I'd rather be where I didn't have such photo ops ... have a lot of them right outside the windows here, too ... only was out in it as it was starting, to do a bit of a stock-up for the next few days. :rolleyes:
Jonathan Long
28th December 2007, 04:08 PM (16:08)
I'd much rather be worrying about sunburn!

Macro of a snowflake??? I'll see what I can do!

Jon
Gina Stevenson
28th December 2007, 04:34 PM (16:34)
I'd much rather be worrying about sunburn!

Agreed!

Macro of a snowflake??? I'll see what I can do!

Jon


Someday I'm going to get my ice sculpture pics scanned ... a bunch of snowflakes that got frozen together! HA! [no, actually it was a contest in Plymouth, MI, where chefs from all over the place ... not just US ... plied their craft ... really neat sculptures!] Much as I hate winter, I even got down on the ground a few times to get "just the right angle shot" of some of them. Yes, this whiny winter wimp did that for some good pics! ;)
Jonathan Long
28th December 2007, 04:58 PM (16:58)
Here's two shots taken with my old trusty 200mm macro.

I braced yself against the porch railing, ideally I would have dug out my tripod so I could use a longer exposure! Then I could have gotten the depth of field I really wanted.

Jon
Jonathan Long
28th December 2007, 05:07 PM (17:07)
Right now it's 33 degrees here. The snow is tapering off quickly and already melting. Tough conditions to do a macro shot of a snowflake! I'd guess that the shots I posted aren't quite 3:1 ratio...

Jon
Tami Martin
29th December 2007, 11:00 AM (11:00)
Great shots Jon! I love those close ups of snow on evergreen branches :)
Joel Merrill
29th December 2007, 07:02 PM (19:02)
If you can get your hands on a December 2007 Popular Photography Magazine, look at the back page (pg 152) The photographer has a home made microscope that he photographs individual snowflakes with.

Here's a shot I did years ago. It is still one of my very best.

Joel