Friday, January 18, 2008

towering


towering, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

yesterday, I was thinking of Wilson Bentley
the first person to ever take a photo of a snow crystal or snowflake.

I read a kid's picture book about him once, about 12 years ago and was enthralled.

Wilson Bentley loved snow, I can understand that, I do too.

He had to work a lot harder and longer than I did and his pictures are...the stuff of dreams. He took over 5000 pictures of snowflakes and of course, no two were the same.

Stats: Canon 30d, tripod, 100mm macro lens (I have trouble figuring it out but I am working on it),shutter 1/25, f13. I have another shot of snowflakes on flickr.

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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2008 at 8:14 a.m.

    o my gosh, that's WONDERFUL. I love it.

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  2. Andromeda JazmonJanuary 18, 2008 at 9:15 a.m.

    Oh my STARS! that is fabulous.

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  3. Yankee, TransferredJanuary 18, 2008 at 9:41 a.m.

    You're killin' me here! EXCELLENT!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.

    Nice!

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  5. JoJanuary 18, 2008 at 12:26 p.m.

    I am completely overwhelmed. First by the incredible beauty and second, by your incredible talent! Wow and wow again!

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  6. Rev Dr MomJanuary 18, 2008 at 9:25 p.m.

    Amazing!

    I used to live one village over from where Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley lived. His work is exquisite.

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  7. concretegodmotherJanuary 19, 2008 at 12:06 a.m.

    Wow, gawdess! I'm bowing here. And I really like the new header photo you put in place. Very cool.

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  8. AliasJanuary 20, 2008 at 5:17 a.m.

    So wonderful. I can't believe you were able to get such a great, clear shot. So very cool.

    p.s. I really like your new header picture.

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  9. AmpersandJanuary 20, 2008 at 5:19 a.m.

    p.p.s Alias = Ampersand's daughter's account, sorry to use an "alias" haha.

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  10. ScrivenerJanuary 20, 2008 at 1:07 p.m.

    What a super-fantastico macro shot.

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  11. SandyJanuary 20, 2008 at 2:50 p.m.

    Great shot - look at the detail in that flake! Beautiful!

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