Macro Snowflake Photography by Andrew Osokin

This morning I woke up all warm in my bed, to the sound of tiny snowflakes drifting down from the sky. The winter season is really and truly here, and for those of you that have ever had to experience snow before, perhaps you agree that it sucks pretty hard. To snow I say, bah! Inventing a giant snow melting device is on my short list, but for the time being…

There is one way to view snow and have it look absolutely beautiful, and that’s through photographs. You don’t have to walk in it, you don’t have to clean it up, and you don’t have to freeze your ass in it as you wade to whatever place you’re destined for. Even better is if you can see it close up, like in this collection of macro snowflake photography by Russian photographer Andrew Osokin.

Koch Snowflakes in Nature

The beautiful thing about this is that it’s still completely frozen. As the rain slowly drizzles down, the snow on the ground is quickly turning to disgusting mush. No… at this point I would rather take the cold.

These ice crystals almost look like sea creatures, or frozen… pruned palm trees. Yes, just like that.

Here’s the money shot of the batch. Ever heard of Koch snowflakes before? You probably made them as a child and simply didn’t know it.

Tentacles, reaching out to poke into places they should never touch, much like we see in certain Anime videos. I mean, not that I know anything about that…

Barely visible, but beautiful none the less. Perhaps this sounds hokey, but it’s really kind of impressive that modern technology can capture something as fragile as a snowflake in such high fidelity.

This particular snowflake seems a lot more like what I would expect from a snowflake. I can’t say why exactly, but it just seems a lot more… snowflakey.

By now you’re probably wondering how I’m able to describe 8 snowflakes without devolving into absolute nonsense, and to that I would say… I can’t. Even for a man such as myself, I have my limits.

Imagine, if you will… an entire tree made out of snowflakes. Quite unlikely, but perhaps it could be done?

More Andrew Orokin

Here we are at the end of the collection, and the only thing on your mind is “shit, I’ve run out of Chad’s nonsense to read. :(“. I mean, that… or you just want me to shut the hell up so you can look at more of Andrew Orokin’s work in peace and quiet. If the latter sounds like a better option, then head to his official website and take a look around. Just be aware that the entire thing is in Russian, so chances are you won’t understand a word of it. If you get sick of the quite, feel free to come back and just read my post over again. It only gets better with every reading.