I took this across the surface of fresh, undisturbed snow, shooting toward the sun (not quite directly) (I hope this qualifies as backlighting!). I was able to shoot so that the flakes were contrasted against the darker background of my firewood pile.
Shot in macro mode with +1, +2, & +4 closeup lenses stacked on.
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I love the snowflake shots. If it snowed here much I would shoot alot of this type stuff(well before I moved to a warmer area). This looks pretty good to me but I think if you cropped it even it would still meet the rule of 3rds. However this crop would be more marketable due to all the negative space on the right. I dont think I need to point out the sharpening artifacts along the bottom. Not much you can due under the rules-sharpen or dont. good luck and hope I vote on enough to not get thrown out ;)
Oh wow, isn't this just beautiful?! Not only is the lighting perfect but soo too is the composition and square crop and the beautiful bokeh too! I do like this!
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