I'm super excited. We are supposed to get snow tomorrow and Wednesday (I live in Alabama, we get snow once every 10 years or so. So this is a big deal!!!). I want to try to "catch" snowflakes and photograph them. My question is what is the best way to do this?! Do I need to freeze a scarf, towel, blanket, etc so they will not melt?!? Any advice is appreciated!!!!!
Bahaaaaaaa! I think there are a bunch of us who are so "over" snow ;). I'm not an expert - I've only done snow flakes once and that was pretty much enough for me... I just looked for flakes on leaves and bark... But I think most try to catch and isolate them on scarves and such.... I'm sure you'll get loads of good advice here from others... Good luck, have fun and stay warm!!
Get outside with a black scarf or something to catch flakes, then use all the best macro or faux macro stuff you have to get close up. A ring flash or other external flash can help, but the key is really slow-falling snow that happens to be flake sized. I've got a few recent examples that might give you some ideas ...
These were with my 50 mm lens and a +10 and +4 close-up filter screwed on the front. Also used my ring flash.
You can leave your scarf or whatnot out overnight, if you want to, but mine got pretty cold once I moved it outside from inside, so it wasn't a big deal.
here is my attempt from this year. I have been trying many times. This one was quite ok I guess. My advice is to try to get the lighting right. And snowflake photos are very tricky to succeed in my opinion. Or perhaps I just havnt tried enough yet.
@froggie0628 thanks for starting this thread Amanda. We are also suppose to get snow soon, (NC), I am excited too and may try to catch some flakes as well. Good luck with yours,
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I tried it last year, it didn't really work but I used a nylon jacket to catch flakes on.
These were with my 50 mm lens and a +10 and +4 close-up filter screwed on the front. Also used my ring flash.
here is my attempt from this year. I have been trying many times. This one was quite ok I guess. My advice is to try to get the lighting right. And snowflake photos are very tricky to succeed in my opinion. Or perhaps I just havnt tried enough yet.
This is okay only thing I tried with color too blurry and I use b&w looks better. This one is my first one.