Snowflake
Taken in my backyard with my macro and tube extensions.
Taken in my backyard with my macro and tube extensions.
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Location
This photo was taken on my back deck.Time
This photo was taken in the afternoon. I had just bought extension tubes for my macro lens and had been waiting for a day of light snow to go out and attempt a snowflake photo. I am patiently waiting this year for more light snow so I can try this again.Lighting
The lighting on this photo was all natural.Equipment
I used a macro lens, and extension tubes, but the most important piece of equipment was a black mitten I had waiting in my freezer so the snow flakes would not melt once they landed on the black background.Inspiration
I had seen a photo online of snowflakes and when I first say it thought it was very impressive, and than did some research on how to accomplish it.Editing
I did very minimal post processing, the most I did was edit out a few stray pieces of the mitten I was using to catch the snowflakes on to make the background appear all black.In my camera bag
I always have multiple sd cards, a 150mm-600mm for wildlife, along with a marco 105mm both for macro and portraits, along with a 50mm and a 24-120mm. A external flash and half the time travel with a studio setup in my trunk.Feedback
Advice to get this photo, first you need to wait for the right temperature of the snow to fall so its not too clumped up together. You should have a black mitten to catch the flakes of snow stored away in your freezer so when you bring it out its not warm and wouldn't melt the snow flakes. You need a macro lens and extension tubes. I would recommend a tripod if possible. My image was a single photo, if you can combine multiple photos you may get a more in focus snowflake. Other advice is to shoot multiple flakes since some are not as pretty as others and have fun doing it.
