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Saturday, 5 November 2016

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Snowflake draft #3

Here is two snowflakes, quickly processed for Snowflake draft series. Both photos was taken March 19, 2013 - quite late for serious snowflake photography, but that day was cold, and i have nice catch of interesting snow crystals without visible melting:a href="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8386/29496179770_c0053ee3d8_h.jpg"...
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Sunday, 23 October 2016

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Snowflake flash drives from USB Memory Direct

An American company USB Memory Direct specializes in producing USB flash drives with custom shape, color and print on drive's surface, and has been a leader in the industry for over fourteen years. They can make flash drive case from many materials: plastic, metal, silicone, rubber,...
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Monday, 10 October 2016

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Snowflake vectors 2

I've already created two vector snowflake images, trying to make them very similar to original photos. This time i tried different approach: my goal is creating simplified image in just two colors, which represent only most significant details of real snow crystal, traced to smooth...
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Sunday, 2 October 2016

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Capped column (reworked)

I've already processed this unusual snowflake three years ago, but recently pull it out of archive and decided to fully re-process. I'm happy to see that my processing workflow improved over time: new version have slightly better details, colors and contrast. Also, i keep lots of...
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Monday, 29 August 2016

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Stars in my pocket like grains of sand

a href="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8493/29204806311_1c1c27f59c_h.jpg" title="Snowflake macro photo: Stars in my pocket like grains of sand" data-lightbox="Stars_in_pocket_snowflake" data-title="Stars in my pocket like grains of sand. Prints available: Artist website, RedBubble.com">Snowflake...
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Wednesday, 10 August 2016

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Collection of fernlike dendrite snowflakes

Fernlike dendrites are common, large and traditional-looking snowflakes. In fact, snow crystals of this type are so big, that many of them can be seen in all details with naked eye, without any magnification tools (especially at contrast background like black wool mitten). I see...
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Friday, 15 July 2016

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Sunflower

a href="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8649/27674049413_9b2126050d_h.jpg" title="Snowflake macro photo: Sunflower by Alexey Kljatov" data-lightbox="Sunflower_snowflake" data-title="Sunflower. Prints available: Artist website, RedBubble.com">Snowflake photo: Sunflower (1600 x 1200)Prints...
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Wednesday, 22 June 2016

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Harlequin snowflakes

For these two pictures, i've used blending mode difference again, for subtracting original background (smooth blue / gray gradient) and revealing snowflake with all details on pure black. This time, i've divided picture by two halfs, and replaced one with part of original photo;...
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Friday, 10 June 2016

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Neon snowflakes

This is my next effort to completely change look and feel of snowflake photos, captured on glass surface. I already applied this technique to two large fernlike dendrites, and now it's time for two smaller snow crystals with relatively simple structure: High voltage and Ice relief:a...
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Thursday, 26 May 2016

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Artist website is ready

Artist website alexey-kljatov.pixels.com is ready and fully functional:Every purchase includes a money-back guarantee. Products delivered to any destination in the world.Some HDR photos is not uploaded yet, but my best snowflake, macro and still life pictures are here.Website powered...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

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Snowflake draft #2

This is quick update of Snowflake draft series, before i'll continue digging archives from recent winter. This photo was taken January 18, 2013: very first winter when i start to use lens Helios 44 as additional magnifier, and assembled my current snowflake macro setup. I needed...
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