Monday, December 2, 2013

Photo of the Week: Snow Crystals



Photo of the Week: Snow Crystals

 In honor of the -5 degree temperature here this morning I thought it was only fitting that I post this image as the photo of the week. This is actually a set of four images showing individual snow crystals. I created them using a homemade microscope. I then used fiber optic lights to light the crystals. You can see a picture and detailed explanation of my setup here: http://www.stevegettle.com/pages/2009/03/

 If you want to try this, without building a microscope  There are a couple of options. The easiest and most convenient way would be to reverse mount a 50mm lens on to a 200mm lens (using a reversing ring). This will get you magnifications of about 4X. The other option if you have some macro equipment would be to use a macro lens, combined with a set of extension tubes, a tele-converter, and a close-up diopter. Stacking all this together will get you some pretty series magnification. Although it is an unwieldy setup!

 Good Luck and Good Light
 Steve

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