Monday, January 15, 2007

I know that we haven't been able to see snow for the last several weeks, but still I was hoping and dreaming that before winter is over we would get at least a very little chance. And it happened today!! Let's take pictures of snowflakes together! One of the biggest difficulties in taking a picture of a snowflake, is that the ice crystal melts very fast, especially when put on the glass under a microscope. It melts fast and loses its shape even when it's extremely cold. So, in order to get a very good picture of a snowflake you need to catch it on the gauze or for example on the piece of kapron material, which is strained on the frame. It's easier to take pictures in the macro filming regime, with the x8 magnification. Then a snowflake which is only 3-4 millimeters in size will become 2.5-5 centimeters on your photo. Try it out yourself! Good luck!!!