Hex appeal

Snowflake photo: Hex appeal (1200 x 900)

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This winter in Moscow still too warm for good snowflake photos, and i continue to dig archives. This is simple hexagonal plate crystal, around 1.5 millimeters from tip to tip. I like it's transparency, and light looks nice, too, though it's just diffused light of grey cloudy skies - no any tricks was needed.

11 identical RAW photos, taken as quick series, was aligned and averaged to boost signal-to-noise ratio of this picture. Background: dark woolen fabric, external optics Helios 44M-5 used as additional magnifier, march 2013, Moscow.

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