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snow day

Submitted by sheila on Thursday, 7 January 201015 Comments

This is the first official snow day of the school year. The snow has been falling for 12 hours now. Everything is soft and quiet. I grabbed my reversing ring for my 50mm lens and captured these beauties on my fuzzy hat. In any given shot there are a dozen or so flakes. Here’s a collection of my favorites:

The details are truly amazing. Fleeting moments of beauty.

15 Comments »

Rachel said:

Wow, those are amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever seen an actual snowflake up close before. Thanks so much for posting these! Incredible….

- 7 January 2010 at 10:15 am

Heather in FL said:

Wow, what WONDERFUL pictures! So great that you could capture them so well!

- 7 January 2010 at 12:24 pm

jengd said:

Beautiful shots!

- 7 January 2010 at 1:12 pm

Laura said:

Hi there

I’ve never posted a comment here before, prefering to stalk from the shadows lol, however I have got to say that these photo’s are truely amazing – I never knew how perfect and detailed snowflakes really were! Stunning. Thank you.

- 7 January 2010 at 1:32 pm

Ramona said:

Beautiful. Makes me want to start crocheting snowflakes!

- 7 January 2010 at 2:09 pm

Jeannie said:

I’m in awe of these photos! I didn’t know that they really, really looked like that! (And I’ve been around a long, long time.) Thanks for making my day.

- 7 January 2010 at 3:20 pm

LindyLou said:

I’ve been out in the snow all day long, beginning with getting my car stuck in a drift while I was trying to back out of the driveway. If you can make me love snowflakes, you must work wonders with them and you have indeed softened my hard frozen heart when I look at your photos. I’ve never heard of a reversing ring for a 50mm lens before, but suddenly I want one very, very much.
Yes, one of those ringy things and a muscular hunky dreamboat with a shovel and a fire in his heart to clear snow from my driveway, too.

Beautiful work!

- 7 January 2010 at 7:01 pm

Diane ( Crafty Passions) said:

Wow now that’s a macro shot !!
Gorgeous!!
Diane

- 7 January 2010 at 8:23 pm

anna said:

WOW!!! how is that even real!?!?!!?!?!??! i’m literally in shock/awe/amazement

- 7 January 2010 at 9:25 pm

Teri said:

What incredible shots! These would look great blown up and framed. Lovely!

- 7 January 2010 at 10:25 pm

Aelyn said:

Those are truly gorgeous. I’ve never seen snowflakes like that before.

- 8 January 2010 at 12:14 am

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- 8 January 2010 at 12:18 am

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