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A couple of Christmas snowflakes

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fwwidall
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Re: A couple of Christmas snowflakes
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t_3 wrote:

very nice results! (and looking at your "apparatus" I don't have to wonder if I could achive something like that ...)

I'm sure you could. Snowflakes are actually not that difficult to photograph. With a bellows (or extension tubes) and a reversed 50mm lens you can get to about 3X. Then its just a question of lighting the snowflake. I illuminate them for below, but from the top works well also. All you really is some -10C weather and snow.

Here's what my first copy stand looked like back in 2008.

I got some really nice images with that.

I look forward to seeing your images.

Fred

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