Beautiful Snowflakes Photographs Shot With A Point And Shoot And Some Gaffers Tape

November 14, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 8 Comments

When it comes to using your resources in a creative way to get good photos, we are the first to cheer. Photographer Alexey Kljatov (AKA ChaoticMind75 on flickr) is using a simple point and shoots in a pretty creative way to create wonderful portraits of snowflakes – and there are no two alike.

Alexey uses an old Canon A650 gaffed equipped with a Helios 44M-5 from an old USSR Zenit camera. The lens is mounted in reverse to provide some mean macro capabilities. The old point and shoot is mounted on a piece of 2 by 4 looking down at a glass table which is lit from behind with a cold LED light.

Beautiful Snowflakes Photographs Shot With A Point And Shoot And Some Gaffers Tape

The last step is averaging a series of “identical photos” to get a clean and appealing final portrait.

Beautiful Snowflakes Photographs Shot With A Point And Shoot And Some Gaffers Tape

[Snowflakes and snow crystals | Alexey Kljatov]

Thanks for the heads up, Andrew

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is the Founder and Editor in Chief of DIYPhotography, he is also a photographer, a relentless entrepreneur, a prolific inventor and a dad, not necessarily in that order

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mzungu

cool, but that’s no Gaffer’s Tape.
- Rick
  
  That’s no “2 by 4” either.
Chris

That is amazing!
Ezzy

Absolutely gorgeous shots.
Sean

not quite sure how he isolates as single flake though.
- bartom
  
  I agree Sean, something is not as it is described.
- Rick
  
  You have to follow the link with his name. He is catching them individually on a wool cloth and then setting them below the framework shown above to photograph.
joe_average

amazing! mad props to the diy-abilities!