How I Shoot Snowflakes (On a Budget)

[@markattardo]

Wow, fantastic setup! The light in the bucket and panel with a hole to center is genius!

[@CleanSlateFarm]

Freaking genius setup. I'm headed out right now!! Thanks

[@EvanLudes]

Heck yeah, have fun and let me know if you get some great snowflakes!

[@widegliderider]

Thanks for the info.

[@EvanLudes]

Happy to help, thanks for watching and hope you get some great shots!

[@robestey5628]

Great vid - thank you.

[@EvanLudes]

Of course, thanks for checking it out! Hope you get some good photos :)

[@Teacher2Polis2XtraRice]

Awesome. I love macro photography. Thank you

[@EvanLudes]

Thank you, I love macro photography too! Happy to share techniques.

[@Orkney_Pirate]

That was great Evan, really helpful. thanks!

[@EvanLudes]

Of course! Good luck with the photos!

[@01Dirtnapper]

Nicely done...Like the hole and glass... really condenses the light. I tires a few in black material, but, varied results.

[@EvanLudes]

I've seen some really beautiful results shooting on black backgrounds, but the flash/stacking aspect was less appealing to me. With this method, I can shoot a couple hundred flakes fairly quickly :) Actually just put up a video with about 1100 snowflake photos!

[@gregorymckenna6609]

Excellent video!

[@EvanLudes]

Glad you liked it!

[@badlandsobservatory4504]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@EvanLudes]

Gotta make the most of winter one way or the other, right? :)

[@badlandsobservatory4504]

@@EvanLudes This is a great way to do it! I have been able to do frozen bubbles but never had any success with snowflakes. Yesterday would have been a good day to try. 😂

[@ndoriag1214]

Your camera is really doing a good job,Canon type are longlasting and their photos are clear. I never knew about snow flakes but now I have an idea.

[@EvanLudes]

Absolutely! This old XSi keeps on trucking. Its batteries don't last quite as long as they used to, but it stands up to the elements quite well!

[@KuipersAdventures]

killer video man! I might have to go get a couple things and try this!

[@EvanLudes]

Highly recommended! Would be cool to capture snowflakes and then transfer their design to wood/resin somehow.

[@KuipersAdventures]

@@EvanLudes We'll see if i can even figure it out first lol. It would definitely be interesting to try to inlay it into a bowl or something!

[@EvanLudes]

@@KuipersAdventures I've got vector files of a couple snowflakes if you ever want to play with them!

[@KuipersAdventures]

@@EvanLudes that might come in handy if I every get a cnc built!

[@kimnkal]

Nice setup, thanks for sharing!

[@EvanLudes]

Of course! Thanks for watching :) Been a slow year for snowflake macros here, but hopefully we'll have better chances next month...

[@saxon840]

That was very fascinating. When I first saw the title, I thought it might be a different video entirely, lol.

[@EvanLudes]

LOL I could see how one might see that. Glad you liked it anyway! 😁

[@kendrakpk]

Great tutorial!!

[@EvanLudes]

Thanks, glad you like it! Hope you find it useful :)

[@peskypinto]

Great video Evan & very innovative technique. At the 3:50 mark, the color of the viewfinder changes from white to blue, mine stays very white & too bright, please tell me how you changed yours to the blue background color, thanks.

[@EvanLudes]

Looks like I changed my shutter from 1/25th to 1/125th :) in my experience it's always been better to slightly under-expose these with a faster shutter, as it's still easier to recover a slightly dark/noisy photo than a blurry one. Good luck with your photos!

[@newtuber4freedom43]

♥️❄️

[@EvanLudes]

😊

[@cnphoto2710]

What are the temperature conditions where you're at? Snowflakes here dissolve within a few seconds generally. Maybe if I chilled the glass before, I could keep them from melting. Great video ove never seen it done this way.

[@EvanLudes]

When I was shooting these, it was about 5F above zero. So quite cold. I always keep my glass outside (but out of the elements) so you don't have to worry about melting.

[@cnphoto2710]

@@EvanLudes that makes sense. It doesn't get that cold here in Utah so I'll have to figure it out! Thanks!

[@bradwilliamsphoto]

Very cool, thanks for sharing! Never really thought about it, but it appears you want really small snow flakes on a really cold day?

[@EvanLudes]

Really cold temps generally produce the best flakes, in my experience. Snowflakes that fall in the almost-clear air behind storm systems are even better. In terms of size, it depends on your magnification! The smaller ones usually have more intricate bubbles and surface features. Stellar dendrites can sometimes be too big for my setup, though they don't usually have good "clear" plates of ice like I like to see.

[@mikeolson7656]

What size holes did you drill in the drywall? Great video btw! Thank you!

[@EvanLudes]

Thanks, Mike! I drilled a few different sizes. Sometimes when the flakes are smaller, it's easier to use a 1/4" hole. 1/2" should do it for most snowflakes. Maybe 3/4" if you've got larger flake clusters.

[@mikeolson7656]

@@EvanLudes cool, thanks dude! I'll subscribe. Keep em coming. Good work.

[@codylerephoto]

You content creator you.

[@EvanLudes]

Once in a blue moon, I decide making a video would be fun. And then I remember how much time it takes to actually finish it.

[@codylerephoto]

@@EvanLudes haha there's a reason why so many of these dudes are fulltime KZbinrs... 1-2 videos a day takes that whole week to make I'm sure. (And a lot honestly don't edit their own videos anymore)

[@EvanLudes]

@@codylerephoto I'm learning to let go of finessing the details lol. Video looks good? Check. Vocals don't make the ears bleed? Check. Background music exists? Check. Past that, it's not really worth the time in unless it's for a client or artistic/timelapse project.

[@ValLeeWeblog]

spectacular! Thank you. Jesus Christ is the Master Creator of all; Romans 10:9-10 from the Bible: “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.”

[@EvanLudes]

Thank you!

[@-WhizzBang-]

I just sat of the side of the road an took photos of the "Trucker freedom convoy" driving by..... Then realized that wasn't the kind of SNOWFLAKES you are talking about! LMAO

[@EvanLudes]

LOL yes, tooootally different kind of snowflakes there! 😂