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Snowflakes - Up Close (2)

Snowflakes - Up Close (2)
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The symmetry of individual flakes of falling snow

Photographer: Loren Lewis
Folder: Loren's Photos
Uploaded: 26-Feb-2006 12:43 CET
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Camera: Olympus C5050
Exposure time: 1 sec
Aperture: f8
Focal length: 21.3mm
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Focusing method:
ISO: 64
White balance: Auto
Flash: no
Image format: SHQ
Processing applied: PP included: cloning to clean up misc out-of-focus and melted snow, lighten the background, increased saturation, sharpen with focus magic, crop, and resize for the web.
Various: Preparation required holding a chilled polarizing filter into falling snow to capture the crystals, then attached a 2nd polarizer to create a 'snowflake sandwich'. Photo setup: backlit using an small incandescant bulb, and attached to the C5050Z was an achromatic triplet lens cannibalized from an old Sigma zoom (Jens Birch method).
Image resized to: 528x651

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You have gone to a lot of trouble to capture these snow flakes and it has paid off, it just goes to show how beautiful nature is in its most basic form.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott at 14:55 CET on 26-Feb-2006 [Reply]

Snowflakes - Up Close (2)

Yeah, and I just would not wait to put it on my wall. I do not get it, :(
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Sergey Green at 20:07 CET on 26-Feb-2006 [Reply]

Snowflakes - Up close

Thank you Steve.

Sergey, I assume your comment is sarcastic. The purpose of this photo was nothing more than the challange of capturing the beauty and symmetry of individual snowflakes. It isn't intended for a living room wall. What is it that you do not get?
> Yeah, and I just would not wait to put it on my wall. I do not get it, :(

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Loren Lewis at 20:42 CET on 26-Feb-2006 [Reply]

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Shelley,
Thank you for your nice comments. I appreciate your support. :-)
Loren

Loren Lewis at 02:19 CET on 27-Feb-2006 [Reply]

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Loren Lewis wrote:
> Thank you Steve.
>
> Sergey, I assume your comment is sarcastic. The purpose of this photo was nothing more than
> the challange of capturing the beauty and symmetry of individual snowflakes. It isn't intended
> for a living room wall. What is it that you do not get?
> > Yeah, and I just would not wait to put it on my wall. I do not get it, :(
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> >
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You mean which part of the snowflakes I do not understand? :) Loren, no offence was meant in my previous comment, but I just do not have any photographic interest in this kind of a subject. I mean, yes, there are some symmetry patterns, something that the eye does not normally see, but it is like posting fractal combinations (or just plain numbers) that will always result in some scaled and repeating patterns. It would be an interesting subject for a math class, but not in photography. I do not see color, tonality, composition, a moment in time, or anything in it. Again, perhaps it is all in the eyes of the creator, but you would not get me to vote for it.

It is an open forum here, and I am sure many people (unlike myself) will appreciate it. Let's see what others responses to my/your comments will be (if any).

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Sergey Green at 09:54 CET on 27-Feb-2006 [Reply]

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Sergey, I'm not offended.

If you were to look at my folder, you'd see *most* of my photos are extreme macros (+33 diop), taken with the C5050Z. Some of those insects are no larger than 5-10mm, yet we're able to see their faces. I enjoy capturing and displaying some of the (what I consider) interesting things in nature that the naked eye cannot easily see.

Many don't like the insect faces and you (and maybe many others) don't 'get' the snowflakes and that's fine with me. Most are not on my living room wall either.

These kinds of extreme macros have a DOF of only .7mm, are quite a challenge to capture, but I achieve some satisfaction when they come out clear.

I now also own an E-500 with a complete complement of lenses, so maybe you'll see some more conventional shots from me in the future, but I kept the C5050Z just so I can capture more tiny insects and snowflakes. lol

Loren Lewis at 14:19 CET on 27-Feb-2006 [Reply]

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Oh no, I did look into your folder, and you have quite spectacular shots there. I must admit. It is just that this one I was not in particular impressed with. Just let's say - I did not get it.
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Sergey Green at 15:55 CET on 27-Feb-2006 [Reply]

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Fantastic job ! Loren. To obtain a good macro from the snow flakes, is really very difficult. Congratulations.

Ricardo Rico at 06:21 CET on 28-Feb-2006 [Reply]