Macro snowflakes.

[Ryan L]

lol funny after I hit post, my message says almost the same thing as HopeNFotos! I swear I didnt just reword your response lol

 

[Ryan L]

What was your aperture on these?

 

[jcrob33]

How did you do it? did you drop snow or was it snowing?

 

[cdino88]

Fan-friggin-tastic. This is the one reason I wish that I had a dedicated macro lens.

 

[K8-90]

These are awesome! Third one is my favorite - great compositionally and with the varying depths.

I was just thinking that I'd love to take close-ups of snowflakes last night - we got our first decent snow with good sized flakes yesterday! I don't have a macro lens or extension tubes. Could something like this be pulled off with reverse lens macro? Or is that a dangerous proposition?

 

[yo13dawg]

those are some really cool shots​

 

[FemFugler]

Simply Amazing

 

[reznap]

I'm overwhelmed by the great response. I think I can do better though (or I got lucky and I'm mistaken). I'll try!

How did you do it? did you drop snow or was it snowing?

It was snowing outside. There were some giant flakes.. I mean BIG ones and I've been wanting to try this for a couple weeks now.

I let the flakes fall on to the piece of blue laminated magazine paper and I was just taking shots at the minimum focus distance when they looked sharp in the viewfinder (handheld). I think setting up with a tripod would have been nice but I was about to sit down to eat so this was rushed..

What was your aperture on these?

They were all taken at f/8 1/200 with a flash fired (bare) sitting about 12 inches to the left of the snowflakes. I actually just laid the paper and the flash on the railing out in the backyard.

 

[Rudha]

after these many posts i ran out of things to say/ask....haha but i just gotta say they are amazing!! i am definitely going to get a macro lens+extension tube combo after this :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Jeatley]

I hate that I live in louisiana and it almost never snows!


I am going to UTAH or Idaho to go skiing in December then it is on! I got to do that! That is really freaking cool!

 

[Ron Evers]

Cool Paul.

Now you have given me another thing to try; I never thought to put tubes behind my macro lens. I have used a 2x tel-converter but tubes would yield even more magnification.

 

[eccs19]

Those are great shots. I had actually been thinking of trying something like that. You've just given me the initiative to do it. I never thought of bringing something outside for them to land on, I was just going to try to get some sitting on an existing object. That's why this forum is great, gives you ideas for things to try out.

 

[NikonNewbie]

That's awesome! How did you keep them from melting?
I just read somewhere..about using felt that you freeze first.
Makes me want to try it...since it's snowing here again right now :meh:
hate snow.

 

[jake337]

Look good here are some links for inspiration!

snowflake and snow crystal photography
Snowflake and Snow Crystal Photographs

A "how to" snowflake photography
How to Photograph Snowflakes | Photography - PopPhoto.com Offers Camera Reviews and Exclusive Photo Tips

 

[Drake]

Great results! Have you checked what's the magnification of such a combo? If the Tamron has 1:1, then with a 65mm extension tube, it should be somewhere around 1.7:1? Or am I wrong?