I have studied Mr. Bently and amazing what he did under those cold conditions.I am also a photographer that photographed snow flakes and window frost. Very hard to accomplish in extreme cold conditions. Perhaps my methods will assist others attempting the same.
For window frost, it's on an outside storm window that had humid leaks. I'd have a very cold box (outside temp has to be no higher than 10.degs. Quickly I'd go in the house with the box, throw up the inside window and take and put the storm window in the box and run back outside. I'd have my camera equipment (high magnification) set the window on a supported base, vertically. Being cold I'd have time to focus and click. There were many pics on a window pane. This happened during the winter cold times.
For snow flakes, I'd have a window pane horizontal outside in the snow to collect the flakes. The brush away not wanted flakes and do the same as with the frost. Bently photos were a negative, he scraped away the black areas around the image leaving only the snowflake. Very time consuming. I could get a snow flake to fill the entire viewing area.
During a snow storm there are many different conditions that change the style of the snowflake. In one storm there could be 10 types of snowflakes. Humidity and temperatures affect a storm. There are wet large flakes and small dry flakes. I have photo displays on my images a few years ago and I'm a published photographer. Spent many winters photo'ing.
How can anyone say there's no two flakes alike? How does anyone know, so I don't dispute. It's just fun to see nature up close. Want to argue that there are more stars in the Universe than all the sands on Earth? Think about it. What is so small is so huge.
Winter is just another season to get involved with. Good photographing and let the mind imagine what you can do.
I have studied Mr. Bently and amazing what he did under those cold conditions.I am also a photographer that photographed snow flakes and window frost. Very hard to accomplish in extreme cold conditions. Perhaps my methods will assist others attempting the same.
For window frost, it's on an outside storm window that had humid leaks. I'd have a very cold box (outside temp has to be no higher than 10.degs. Quickly I'd go in the house with the box, throw up the inside window and take and put the storm window in the box and run back outside. I'd have my camera equipment (high magnification) set the window on a supported base, vertically. Being cold I'd have time to focus and click. There were many pics on a window pane. This happened during the winter cold times.
For snow flakes, I'd have a window pane horizontal outside in the snow to collect the flakes. The brush away not wanted flakes and do the same as with the frost. Bently photos were a negative, he scraped away the black areas around the image leaving only the snowflake. Very time consuming. I could get a snow flake to fill the entire viewing area.
During a snow storm there are many different conditions that change the style of the snowflake. In one storm there could be 10 types of snowflakes. Humidity and temperatures affect a storm. There are wet large flakes and small dry flakes. I have photo displays on my images a few years ago and I'm a published photographer. Spent many winters photo'ing.
How can anyone say there's no two flakes alike? How does anyone know, so I don't dispute. It's just fun to see nature up close. Want to argue that there are more stars in the Universe than all the sands on Earth? Think about it. What is so small is so huge.
Winter is just another season to get involved with. Good photographing and let the mind imagine what you can do.