On Dec 15, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Mark C wrote: > > > I don't mind disclosing all the info about taking the shots. A couple of > years ago I put together a little presentation about the evolution of the > process. In the early days it was quite difficult - I used a Spotmatic and > stacked lenses with extension, manual flash, and used a Lotus 1-2-3 > spreadsheet (DOS version) on a 486 laptop to calculate the subject to flash > distance, taking into account the exposure increase factor that the extension > called for. With film, the technical aspects of getting a good exposure was > difficult. With digital, you take your best guess, do a test shot, adjust > once or twice and you are there. These days, anyone who is smart enough to > tie their shoe can be a technically competent photographer. That puts the > emphasis on composition and other factors, which is where it should be. At my > little workshops I have shown dozens of people exactly how to take the snow > crystal shots.
Have you ever shot them using polarized light? I seem to remember something about polarized light in photos like this showing interesting colors. I think it's used a lot to show lines of stress in plastics. But I suspect it might do something interesting with snowflakes. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
