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18-DEC-2006 Jim H.

Season's Snow

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro
1/250s f/11.0 at 65.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Dec-2006 03:18:31
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length65 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

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Canon DSLR Challenge24-Dec-2006 22:51
Beautiful snowflakes and color. --Melanie
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Dec-2006 09:50
Thanks. I figure everyone has already seen these snowflake shots till they're tired of them, but still, it seemed appropriate to the challenge and the time of year. It's funny, but I keep trying to get more snowflake shots all of the time because I know I can do better.

And after staring at so many of them, I find that I tend to enjoy two distinct types of shots: First, are ones that are very simple and have just one distinct flake in them. They make for a much better thumbnail too.

Second are ones that are a lot more complex with a number of flakes but which still have some distinct "traditional snowflake" patterns visible. But those shots make for dull thumbnails. They sort of break with my normal preference for simplicity in a shot. They're only fun to look at when viewed large and even then may be far too busy to really be what I'd think of as excellent photos.

I think what I liked about this one was the red/green in the background and the way the red and green were both caught refracted in the outlines of some of the flakes. I'd like to try this again to try to get more of that effect into the shot somehow.

It might look better with a "less busy" shot using only one or a couple of flakes. I put a few more from this particular "shooting session" here:

http://www.pbase.com/jimhwy/snowflakesiv

Jim H.
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Dec-2006 18:35
This is beautiful opened. Pretty holiday pattern! shu