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My new phone doesn't work as a light source, keeps turning off. I couldn't get the snow to co-operate. I kept messing them up. At first, when the snow was the best, it was a bit too warm and they kept melting before I could take a photo. Then later the snow got less interesting. I took several that would be stunners if they had been laying flat on the slide but as it is they are only partially in focus and so you will never see them. Only my best for you guys!

Oh yes it's quite real. So are the other two. And about 100 more that I didn't post.
It's actual size is less than 2 mm. I was using a 200 mm macro with 72 mm of extension tubes to get this close.

I have heard of Bentley and I have read the web site. I also have his boook. Now that guy really knows snowflakes! And he was doing all that with film! And mostly large format film to boot. Truely amazing. Kenneth G. Libbrecht ain't no slouch either. I have his book too. That's who I am comparing my photos to and find them wanting.

Oh, Katy you are too kind. Especially since I have seen some of your snowflake photos! It was nice. For a change we had a fairly long period of very nice snow. The flakes weren't real big, but there were plenty of nice dendrites for me to melt.

It is hard to see in this photo, but the snowflake isn't perfectly flat. I was shooting at f/16 and at 200 mm with extension tubes at 7 inches, that gives you a depth of field of about...a hairs width. So if you want it to all be in perfect focus, it has to be fairly flat. It is tricky and I don't quite have the hang of it yet. You can see it in one of the other photos, if you look in the upper left quadrant especially, you will notice that it isn't quite sharp.

But thank you all for your words of encouragement. Now all I need is more snow!