Amazing macro snowflake shots taken with a P&S

[Lisa Pouncy]

http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/02/26/unbelievable-snowflake-images-taken-with-a-point-and-shoot-camera/

[Judi]

Amazing is right! Thanks for sharing.

[Micah Center]

WOW that is really cool!!!

[Mek]

Ha! Cool, I did something similar :-)

[Gwen]

wow! hmm so why did I get my DSLR? lol

[Paulina]

wow this is amazing! :)

[Kimberly Balychev]

Wowwww super amazing! Thanks for sharing!!! :)

[e.gad]

Wow!! Thanks for sharing. Maybe I will pull out my p&s next time it snows. Haven't had much luck with my DSLR. :)

[Raine]

I love my p&s (I don't have money for a DSLR), but I can't even get my macro to work properly. It blurrs, no matter how close or far from the subject. :( Guess I just need to understand it more, maybe... I'm still a beginner.

[Breigh]

Am I the only one that looks at them and thinks "plastic"? I must be missing something...

[Kathryn]

@breigh there was one sort of square one that I dunno it doesn't look real to me. But then again maybe I'm just bitter about the fact that during the one snow we've had here in two years I stood out in the cold and completely failed to accomplish a snowflake pic.

[Breigh]

They look too perfectly dimensional and they don't seem to glisten like something that's wet. I call farce on this one :P

[Cathy Donohoue]

Thanks Lisa. So cool.

[Joanna Payne]

@breigh I kind of agree. But then here in the UK the snow is always so wet and the flakes melt too quickly, so I totally failed this year. I think you need really cold dry air.

[bernadette mcelligott]

@breigh I have to say I agree, I do not believe this was a p& s for a minute. anyone that has tried ( and failed) macro photography will agree I am sure.

[Rona]

Three reasons I'm sure these are fake: 1) They look like those plastic fake snowflakes to me. I've seen photos of real snowflakes, and they don't look like this. 2) I don't believe for a second that there is a P&S out there that could get this ratio. To achieve this with a DSLR you would need a macro lens AND extension tubes. 3) Look at the background in relation to the "snowflakes"..... those would be some GIANT snowflakes given the size of the evergreen branches that the snowflakes are resting on. Add to that, no snowflake would stand upright on its edge on pine needles.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I have the Canon Powershot 560 and although I can't get macros that detailed on something that small, it does take some excellent macro shots.

[Traci McLaughlin]

I never attempted Macro snowflakes with my P&S I'll have to try this week when our expected snow returns. This was from last week, with my 50mm lens on my stacked extension tubes.

[Kass]

Actually these look like stacked images. a local photographer does these same ones. After taking many flakes these last two months, and reading about stacking, these are real just not so sure on the p&s.

[Jase]

Looking on Flickr they are stacked images shot through a Helios Lens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticmind75/8437344761/in/photostream

@russianblue @ronah @olivetreeann @cookie123 @breigh

[Kass]

@jase_h Thanks Jase! At least I had it half right! ;)

[Stevie]

That is awesome, wow!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@jase_h Thanks for the research Jase. I know my camera is not a top of the line- but it did seem incredible to me that the photographer could get a snowflake that small in such a detailed macro when the number wasn't that far off from mine! So that makes sense.

[Brenda T. Schwartz]

I think I saw these somewhere else and the photog had another lens taped to the point n shoot camera. It wasn't just a point n shoot taking these.

[Sheralee S]

They really are amazing photos!

[Meagan]

Wow, amazing, thank you for sharing!