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Recent snowflake images - hope you enjoy!

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oneofone25
oneofone25 Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Recent snowflake images - hope you enjoy!
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Some recent snowflake shots.  Each were taken using the Olympus EM1 Mark 2, MC-20 teleconverter, 16mm kenko tube, Olympus 60mm macro lens and a Raynox 250.   Constant lighting using the GODOX 126LED in my left hand

5.5x magnification.

Focus stacks of 15 to 80 images depending on the shot.  The color you see is due to thin film interference.

a crop showing the detail of the image above

a very tiny snow crystal on the fabric of some wind pants I had in my car.  This is the mesh netting on the inside lining of the pants.

For this shot, I removed the surrounding fabric hairs around the snow crystal with Lightroom to be able to see the snowflake with little distraction.  There is a tiny ice particle on the surface which even has a reflection itself.  The color you see comes from thin film interference.

a larger dendrite snowflake on denim fabric

this snowflake had begun to subliminate already, rounding many of the crystal's sharp edges.  Still a fun crystal to view.  The center is very ornate!

Here's the center

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Jim B (MSP) Forum Pro • Posts: 11,959
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Some really great shots.

Thanks for sharing.

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MarkHu Senior Member • Posts: 2,418
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Beautiful snowflakes!

Well done as usual!

Mark H
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NancyP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,608
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Very nice indeed. I envy your skill - and your snowflakes! Snow is rare where I live, and the quality of the flakes is usually poor.

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fwwidall
fwwidall Regular Member • Posts: 155
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Fabulous images beautiful captured. The fourth one is just amazing. Snow crystals never fail to amaze and delight me.

Fred.

Gary from Seattle Veteran Member • Posts: 7,852
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I became interested in snowflake formation in my early years of backcountry skiing because snowflake form as well as faceting processes in the snowpack and at it's surface are very important in snowpack stability. I originally read about this in the US Department of Agriculture's Avalanche Handbook 489, which was the original professional level avalanche book.

This article provides an in depth look at snowflake formation and diversity:

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-formation-of-snow-crystals

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Gpruitt54
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You take these images outside in order to keep the flakes from melting?

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Gpruitt54 wrote:

You take these images outside in order to keep the flakes from melting?

Yes I do!!

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stormgirl_lp
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Stunning series.

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