Macro snowflakes.

reznap · Jan 7, 2011

Was just playing around with my flash (off camera, 90 degrees camera left) and my 90mm f/2.8 macro Tamron lens, combined with 65mm of 'Opteka' extension tubes and this is what I came up with. Just had the flakes falling on to a piece of blue paper from a magazine ad which I cut out.

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Not too thrilled with the end result... think I might try again sometime (won't be a problem since it snows way too much here).

Bitter Jeweler · Jan 7, 2011

Cool! Both figurative and literally.

BuS_RiDeR · Jan 7, 2011

:thumbup:

Nice work!

Alter_Ego · Jan 7, 2011

I like it.
These would make some nice photoshop brushes.

512_SIR II · Jan 7, 2011

The first one is really nice, didnt know they really looked like that. Those are the kind of shots i'll never get to experiment with here in texas

ElizabethRose · Jan 7, 2011

I really like these

PerfectlyFlawed · Jan 7, 2011

Its amazing that snowflakes look like that haha great shots!

myfotoguy · Jan 7, 2011

These are fantastic, nice setup! The blue background is a nice color for these.

3bayjunkie · Jan 7, 2011

macro ftw. awesome shots! Snow up close is cool =)

Alistair · Jan 7, 2011

Rez,

Awesome on the first one! Now I want some Extension tubes and a good macro lens in the future! =O

reznap · Jan 7, 2011

Holy crap, this kind of response really makes me want to try this again.

Thanks everyone.

Pairing a macro lens with extension tubes is definitely fun though.. recommended.

Ryan L · Jan 7, 2011

^^ This really does make me want to grab some extension tubes. I actually like #2, I would crop just the one on the right, looks pretty sharp. I actually like #3 as well, although it looks like a mess, it has alot of depth to it!

**edit** checking ebay now for some extention tubes! Thanks for the inspiration