Catching something Cold for a change....

Its that time of the year when everything is covered in snow... Was driving one day and realized that the crystals are gorgeously formed in that particular snow fall. So came home, grabbed my gear and went out to catch a flake or two. Ended up doing exactly that in which I only caught two flakes on my gloves and shot them closeup.

Used a technique that can be categorized as light painting to get this one. Also had to make it a very short shoot as I hate the cold + One of my hands was freezing without the glove :)  One thing to note was that the structures were not perfect and had I stayed outside for much longer, I would have most probably caught a better crystal than this one... But my hate towards cold temperatures overcame the photographer in me as predicted :)... The biggest problem with these pics are that you need to be fast in shooting these. Therefore, I had my camera settings all figured out while I was still indoors and was able to shoot this as soon as the flake landed (almost). When I looked back on the series of shots I took of this, I could clearly see it melting away fast...

This below is the result of that 5 minute shoot.

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Thanks
Akila.