Peek-a-boo Snowflake by olivetreeann

Peek-a-boo Snowflake

We had another 4 inches of snow today. It fell from 8 AM until just after sundown. Jeff decided to stay home and my photography club meeting was cancelled this evening. So I've spent the day watching the snow fall and staying warm by the wood stove. There was a short time this afternoon that I decided to venture out for a few pictures and was delighted to capture this little snowflake on my car window. I've cropped this quite a bit but it seems to be holding its own in the clarity department. Not bad little point and shoot! Not bad!!
Awesome shot
December 18th, 2013  
this deserves a slot in the popular page so just because i like it a lot, i will fav it first. beautiful!
December 18th, 2013  
Really lovely capture!
December 18th, 2013  
Cute! Great details on that flake.
December 18th, 2013  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@summerfield Awwww- thank you Vikki! And thanks for the faviliscious vote or confidence!
@archaeofrog Thank you Katie!
December 18th, 2013  
That's very cool. I can't wait to see if I can do that with my new camera. Something is telling me I'm going to have lots of opportunity to try for a close-up snow pic this winter. I can't wait to move to NC .... June needs to hurry up and get here.
December 18th, 2013  
@homeschoolmom If my bottom of the barrel Canon Powershot can pull it off I'm sure your new camera will! Thanks Lisa!
December 18th, 2013  
what a delicate shot
December 18th, 2013  
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry!
December 18th, 2013  
It is a cold 15' here tonight Ann, and we may have a little snow by morning, but nothing too bad. The weekend, a nice warm 60
December 18th, 2013  
cool
December 18th, 2013  
This is so cool! Great detail in the snowflake! I would love to get a shot like this one day!
December 18th, 2013  
Beautiful detail in that flake! They are so pretty :)
December 18th, 2013  
Magical Ann. Do stay safe and warm.
December 18th, 2013  
Wonderful shot. Great detail.
December 18th, 2013  
a-mazing! fantastic! a fav!
December 18th, 2013  
Such nice clarity and precision, and so delicate. Great work!
December 18th, 2013  
Bev
Wow! That is awesome detail in the snowflake!!! It is so pretty. Nice shot, Ann.
December 18th, 2013  
fantastic macro! I have yet to capture a snowflake!
December 18th, 2013  
Very nice shot!! Hoping for snow to try to shoot a snowflake!
December 19th, 2013  
Beautiful shot!
December 19th, 2013  
Wow this is such fine definition! I would have cropped it a bit more to show that clear edge and not much of the blur and more of the black? So good!
December 19th, 2013  
Wow. This is amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a snowflake.
December 19th, 2013  
I wish I could get a picture of a real snowflake as clear as yours. to help you along I give it a fav. I really like it.
December 20th, 2013  
@digitalrn Thank you Rick!
@twr Thank you Timothy!
@pflaume Thank you Lisa! I know you have a far better camera than I do so go for it!! I was pretty excited that I was able to crop this to bring out the detail- but I was really pushing the limit of this shot in order to bring out the detail. The best advice I can give is to go for a shot that has very little fuss in the background.
@alia_801 Thank you Alia!
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! That's the plan!!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@mhatch Thank you Mark! And thank you so much for the fav!!
@gratefulness Thank you Sandi!
@prttblues Thank you Bev! And thank you so much for the fav too!!
@vickisfotos Thank you Vicki! I'm sure you can get one- especially if I can with this camera! It likes macros and does them fairly well, so I made sure I had a good, clear shot and then kept cropping until the detail was clear.
@twinsplusone Thanks Sharon! The best advice I can give is to make sure the background is clear and uncluttered so that the detail of the flake comes out. Believe it or not, this is my car window. But since it was a gray day and there was nothing reflecting in the window it was a perfect back drop.
@daisy Thank you Kathryn!
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie! Yes, I would agree that if I could get even closer it would be a better picture. Although this camera does well on macros, I'd really pushed the limit on the crop on this one. If you look closely on the black areas you can see some of it pixelating. With this crop I'd kept the rule of thirds balance pretty well, but if I was able to push it a bit more, I would definitely have gone in the direction you suggested.
@pennyp Thank you Penny! You must live in a tropical place!
@bruni Thank you Bruni! And thank you so much for the fav!! Does your camera have a macro setting? If it does, I'm sure you could get one. The key is to have an uncluttered background so that the detail of the flake stands out.
December 20th, 2013  
Thank you, Ann for your advice. will try it,
December 20th, 2013  
@bruni I'll look forward to seeing your first snowflake!
December 20th, 2013  
Amazing!
December 20th, 2013  
I am waiting for some snow and it is on my list!
December 20th, 2013  
@olivetreeann Not a tropical place, but temperate - we don't often get snow. I've never seen the actual 'flake'.
December 20th, 2013  
@nanalisarocks Thank you Lisa!
@vickisfotos Thank you Vicki!
@pennyp Thank you Penny!
December 21st, 2013  
beautifully done
December 21st, 2013  
@northy Thank you Northy!
December 23rd, 2013  
Good capture -- still on my bucket list...
December 29th, 2013  
@taffy Thank you Taffy. If and when I'm able to upgrade my camera I will be doing this again. They are sooooo pretty!
December 29th, 2013  
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