Snowflake take 2... The importance of freezing before you freez outside weather

I always believe in the 3 P's... Patience, Practice and Persistence. So, I thought to catch another snowflake in this really cold weather. Its important to understand that I hate cold weather a lot. So, going out to shoot this with a windchill of -20 C was really something.

So, here s what I did different... I selected a similar (much more darker) glove before hand and placed in the deep freezer about a day or two before the actual shoot (A person who read my blog suggested it :D ). Last time, the flake I caught seemed to have melted from a ends a lot. Noticing this from the naked eye is nearly impossible and you wanna kill yourself when you notice this on the computer :). So, I assumed that the melting was from the glove emitting some of my body heat. I also brought a chair out this time simply to block the sun and the wind which are your real enemy (apart from the cold). Apart from these two changes, the rest was pretty straight forward and like the last time. It was painful trying to catch the perfect formed shape and can come down to luck. Just before I reached my limit of tolerance, came across this little flake.. and if you go back to the one I shot before you ll see the difference and already frozen glove made to preserve the structure for just few more seconds for mw to capture it.  Let me know what you think... and here s the result.

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Thanks
Akila.