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Kinda surprised to see a fairly boring snowflake picture at 14th place. Sure, it looks technically well executed and the black background makes for a clean pict
by zokier 5y ago
Kinda surprised to see a fairly boring snowflake picture at 14th place. Sure, it looks technically well executed and the black background makes for a clean picture, but still it looks pretty unremarkable to me.
- omoikane 5y agoPerhaps you were looking for something like this? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/science/snowflakes-photos-nathan-myhrvold.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/science/snowflakes-photos... https://archive.is/OeBIb https://archive.is/OeBIb
- sytelus 5y agoThanks for archive link! I would have not expected Nathan Myhrvold popping up here. This well illustrates how hard this photgraphy is.
- mkr-hn 5y agoYou try focus stacking at 4:1. I could barely get things in focus at 1:1. People who judge photography contests look for different things from most people. Here's a good video on what judges look for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcxcGBbLIwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcxcGBbLIwk
- WaitWaitWha 5y agodon't forget how fast this also has to be done, since the crystals will change if the temperature, humidity, or pressure changes.