Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners

Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by zokier on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:06PM (#28542336)

Kinda surprised to see a fairly boring snowflake picture at 14th place. Sure, it looks technically well executed and the black background makes for a clean picture, but still it looks pretty unremarkable to me.

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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by omoikane on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:43PM (#28542750)

Perhaps you were looking for something like this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/science/snowflakes-photos...

https://archive.is/OeBIb

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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by sytelus on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:01AM (#28549232)

Thanks for archive link! I would have not expected Nathan Myhrvold popping up here. This well illustrates how hard this photgraphy is.

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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by mkr-hn on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:19PM (#28543861)

You try focus stacking at 4:1. I could barely get things in focus at 1:1. People who judge photography contests look for different things from most people.

Here's a good video on what judges look for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcxcGBbLIwk

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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by WaitWaitWha on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:50PM (#28544191)

don't forget how fast this also has to be done, since the crystals will change if the temperature, humidity, or pressure changes.

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