Frost crystals

Lord Vetinari

Gone icy here again, so some shots of a few of the different frost crystal types you can find.
Brian v.

Leaf/petal like crystals





Spikey crystals





More open, goblet type crystals

r3t1awr3yd

That last shot... is pretty awesome lol. Do you have any zoomed in even further?

GOLDENORFE

great series, amazing there are so many different forms
any pics of the big flat leaf like crystals?

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Wally and Phil

Some closer shots of those crystal shapes taken last year below although goblet one was taken at 10:1

Brian v.

rhermans

Now I can't wait till the temp starts dropping again, needed the motivation
Thanks

r3t1awr3yd

10:1 !!! Wowzers!

Wicked_Dark

wondrous and magical.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks again for the comments
Brian v.

canon400d

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks again for the comments
Brian v.

Excellent series Brian and very intersesting indeed.
Cheers
Bob

Lord Vetinari

canon400d wrote: »

Excellent series Brian and very intersesting indeed.
Cheers
Bob

Thanks Bob
Lots of snow up there ?
Brian v.

Bruce I

I'm about to get into macro .... I have a 150 sigma coming ...just what to you have to do to get 10-1 ...those are fantastic pictures .... can I ask your combo ?

Lord Vetinari

Bruce I wrote: »

I'm about to get into macro .... I have a 150 sigma coming ...just what to you have to do to get 10-1 ...those are fantastic pictures .... can I ask your combo ?

Thanks Bruce

I was using my MPE-65 rig whuich goes from 1:1 to 5:1 magnification without additions.

Your Sigma 150 will do 1:1 as is, nearly 2:1 with a full set of kenko type extension tubes. You would be able to get around 4:1 if you reverse a 50mm lens onto the front of the 150 mm.
Brian v.

Bruce I

Thanks alot Brian ...I think I better get use to the 150 as is for now then work my way up .... in fact it just came in ...but mama says it's for Christmas ...... is that really fair ??

ziggy53

Bruce I wrote: »

Thanks alot Brian ...I think I better get use to the 150 as is for now then work my way up .... in fact it just came in ...but mama says it's for Christmas ...... is that really fair ??

You can always DIY to get closer:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=69392

Be sure to read about the Lisa "darkdragon" upgrade:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=948445&postcount=48

ziggy53

Beautiful images Brian. thumb

This looks kind of like what we get around here after a "hoar frost", which I have never photographed in macro. I've only seen one really good example here, to be honest.

That makes your images so much more magical.

Dogdots

Beautiful photos .. I've always wanted a macro lens for our winters here.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Ziggy and Mary for the comments - appreciated.
Brian v.

Awais Yaqub

Stunning job, wow

Lord Vetinari

Awais Yaqub wrote: »

Stunning job, wow

Thanks Awais
Brian v.