Category Archives: Macro Photography
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New snowflake wallpaper: the core
New addition in wallpapers section: Available in screen proportions 4:3, 5:4, 16:10 and 16:9, resolutions from 800 * 600 pixels (SVGA) to 3840 * 2160 (ultra HD 4k). The keys to december
Snowflake brushes for Adobe Photoshop
This is a set of 4 brushes, created from real snowflake photos: Snowflake_brushes1.zip Just load unpacked file snowflake_brushes1.abr from brush panel, and they will append to list of current brushes. In case if this file is not compatible with some … Continue reading
Under the grey sky
3661 * 3661 Yet another snowflake collage. When processing each snowflake, i draw by hand a mask, which separates crystal from background (this is nessessary to process object and background with different sharpening and noise removing settings). Now these masks … Continue reading
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Kenneth Libbrecht and Rachel Wing. “Snowflake: Winter’s Frozen Artistry”
From ten thousand feet above the Earth, a snowflake begins its fall. Its journey starts when ice forms around a nucleus of dust and is blown by the winds through clouds where the crystals blossom into tiny ice stars. Because … Continue reading
Article about snowflake macro photography reached 1 million views
This milestone means a lot for me. All blog pages and posts (including that article) reached only 1.5 million views by now. Currently, i work on third major update of snowflake article (russian update already done, translation to English in … Continue reading
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Honey Bees in Autumn Aster
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) On Aster Over the past summer, European honey bees have been infrequent visitors to my little wildflower garden. I’ve been lamenting their decline and hoping for a return. But now that the wild autumn aster … Continue reading
MaryStackerPhotography’s photo
MaryStackerPhotography Macro Photography
MaryStackerPhotography’s photo
MaryStackerPhotography Macro Photography
Strawberry fields
Strawberry surface with seeds, taken with my usual “snowflake” macro setup (i described it in article about snowflakes). Most interesting textures visible around nearest seed in original resolution: 2695 * 2695 pixels. Hope you like it! Focus stacking + averaging … Continue reading