Cryogenia

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I think, this is best snowflake of "hexagonal plate" type i captured this winter. However, it was hard to process, because i got only 4 identical shots for averaging, and in close proximity to crystal was piles of ice debris - this complicates cleaning of background. This crystal was around 1,5 mm in diameter, quite large for it's type.

Glass background with multi-colour backlight, additional lens Helios 44M-5, january 2014, Moscow.

More snowflakes in album snowflakes and snow crystals.
Also i wrote small article about my shooting technique.

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