Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by kteach:
WOW! Now that's a macro! This is one of the things I love most about macro photography... being able to see the details in everyday objects that I would normally not be able to. The processing is wonderful, and thanks for sharing that in your notes. Great start to the month! :)

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by slaakso:
Sweet! Sorry for the pun but it is fitting with this image. I see what you mean about the lone crystal and it is oddly shaped compared with the others as well. I really like the up close macro of the sugar.

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by hajeka:
Wonderful structures, I normally put these things in my coffee. I suppose that on this scale you can't do much about the composition, except for pointing so some other crystals. Nice editing, I like the blues in the background.

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by boyd2000:
Wow, seeing stuff like this on day one intimidates me from displaying my meager work. However it's about learning new things, so I'll do it anyway. Now gotta go find some stuff to photograph.

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by scwalsh:
its amazing how everyday things look so much different when magnified great job

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by johst582:
This is just ordinary sugar, but yes - the 50 mm in front of the 200 mm gives 4x magnification. Add to that the magnification from sensor to screen, and we're talking about something like 40x magnification, similar to a low power microscope :). So the big ones that are 4-5 cm long on the screen are around one millimeter in real life.

Good point - it sort of looks 3D with the sugar tumbling down through space from the top right. I didn't think about that!

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by fixedintime:
It looks more like you took the image through a microscope to get crystals that size. And the way they just seem to be floating in air makes it a really effective image. Very good focus, except the one in the lower right that is a bit too close bothers me a bit, when I look at this as a three dimensional capture with as I said the crystals looking like they are floating it ends up working for me.

Day 1: Falling sugar crystals
by johst582

Comment by pineapple:
I like the processing. It's a fascinating macro. Well done.

"There is no gray."
by johst582

Comment by hannafate:
Interesting interpretation!

"There is no gray."
by johst582

Comment by booboo_goon:
I think this is a fab entry!! I love how on the thumbnail it actually looks grey ;] 8 from me