Photographer Tapes a $50 Lens To His P&S Camera To Take Stunning Macro Snowflake Photos
Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov has created an ingenious and inexpensive DIY camera rig capable of capturing excellent close-up pictures of snowflakes. All Kljatov’s setup uses is a board, a screw, some tape, a piece of glass and the lens from an old Russian camera – he goes into more detail on how to create it in this blog post. The DIY gear, however, does not detract from the enchanting icy beauty of his photographs. And snowflakes are the perfect models – no two are exactly alike, so each picture will be unique!
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Kljatov’s setup features a Canon Powershot A650 and a 44M-5 Helios lens from an old Russian Zenit camera taped backwards to a board. For more information about his rig and how to make it, check out his blog post.
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I am in absolute awe of these incredible snowflakes! Now I find myself wondering if Michigan snowflakes are nearly as lovely as Russian ones… and yes, we have nearly winter, winter, still winter and construction season here also… and in Ontario, where I also check out the snow on a regular basis….
OMG! who created this BEAUTY? gorgeous. thank you for the pics.
That is incredible work!
Absolutely gorgeous! But Snowflake Bentley did it first! Look him up!
We care who did it first because?
Combinations of 6. Awesome. The earth was created (or recreated – I’m an old earth creationist) – in 6 days. Could this be mere coincidence? Nah …
These are Incredible!
Beautiful!
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us all! It’s easy to look at snow and not take the time to think about the intricate details of the millions of flakes around us. Beautiful.
whats the ‘filaments’ behind the snowflakes on all but the last pic? Amazing pics btw, it makes me so happy to see these – the patterns and shapes just blow my mind!
These photos are amazing and Alexey, you’re a creative genius. Fantastic!