[Faline]

Alexey Kljatov (aka ChaoticMind75) is an artist and photographer from Moscow, Russia. In an ongoing series entitled Snowflakes and snow crystals, Alexey takes macro shots of natural snowflakes, snow and hoarfrost crystals right outside of his house.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaotic...7626146319517/

In a detailed blog post Kljatov explains that he shoots with a Canon A650 with a custom-built macro add-on for the camera: a Helios 44M-5 from an old USSR SLR camera called a Zenit.
http://chaoticmind75.blogspot.ru/201...-shooting.html

The images seen below were shot on dark woollen fabric in natural light (typically a grey cloudy sky).
It’s fascinating to see the numerous varieties of snowflakes. From simple prisms, sectored plates and stellar dendrites; to capped columns and triangular crystals, no two snowflakes are quite the same.

[kellyhound]

beautiful. art of nature

[sassieroses]

Beautiful!!! I LOVE snowflakes anyway, so this just made my day!

[Shakey]

It's weird how they come in such intricate geometric patterns.

[BadAshly]

Absolutely stunning. Amazing work.