What’s Your Preference?

ihbryant · #31 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 04:30 AM

No snow where I'm at, but there's a good blog post on a snowflake photo setup *here*.

Ira

FocalFrenzy · #32 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 03:21 PM

Thanks for the link. It looks like a pretty simple set-up. Better results than my homemade rig, but we work with what we have. I wonder how he keeps the flakes from melting that close to his work lights. Still no snow here, but now I have some more ideas to ponder.

jiminyClickit · #33 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:59 PM

FocalFrenzy,

We had 5 minutes' worth, time for a few. This is an angled one, half good.

Switched to a 6-inch black plastic coffee container lid. It just works.

FocalFrenzy · #34 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 12:01 AM

That's an excellent image. It's about +5 degrees here, and still no snow. Waiting....waiting....waiting.

jiminyClickit · #35 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 12:38 AM

FocalFrenzy,

Soon, soon. This was a good sampling, even though only sparse and short-lived. Temperature is one big factor.

FocalFrenzy · #36 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 01:52 AM

I got tired of waiting for snow, so I figured I would try out my set up on something people could identify with. No, this is not the moon. This is a stickpin about 3-1/2 cm. long, with a head about 3/4 mm in diameter. (It's easier to tell in the second shot.) I'm pretty pleased with this set up. Even at 1 second exposure, I handheld for both of these shots. These images are straight out of the camera. No post processing at all, but I do wish my camera shot in "RAW". (and higher than 5 megapixels) I get alot of noise, if I crop a shot and then try to enlarge it. Bring on the snow!

jiminyClickit · #37 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 09:59 AM

(Grab a dog hair, some oil paints and create a masterpiece.)

Aperthetic · #38 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 10:11 PM

Well, I actually didn't need any expensive equipment or a technical setup to get this shot..

These snowflakes were stuck to my window when I decided to shoot them, so I didn't even have to don a jacket and step out into the snow to shoot these! Just put my camera right up against the window and shot them. Of course, my camera has a very close macro range. Also, I had to crop down the photo quite a bit because they were still very small in the frame (but with a 12 MP camera, I have some "wiggle room" to do that). I was pretty pleased with the result.

FocalFrenzy · #39 (**permalink**) 01-21-2008, 12:58 AM

Welcome Aperthetic, Those flakes are really nice. Now you see some of the issues we are trying to overcome. The link in the first post of this thread, sells full sized posters of his images. Each with only one flake and the image takes up the full frame. That's what we are going for here. Even if we don't succeed in getting an image that size, we have already extended our own personal ranges as far as macro shots are concerned. Plus, it's been alot of fun. Thanks for contributing, and we hope to see some more of your shots.