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Not AI or CGI — just real macro photography: see the info below
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Spring has already arrived here — but we are still looking at snow.
What appears to be a twelve-armed snowflake is in fact two sixfold crystals, fused at their centers — clearly visible in the photograph — at the very beginning of their formation — or perhaps grown from a shared nucleus.
Early contact allows them to grow synchronously, in the same atmospheric conditions and in a stable lattice alignment. Their arms develop with similar structure and length, offset by roughly 30°, giving rise to the illusion of twelvefold symmetry.
No names today — this composition is titled Campo di Fiori.
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■ My Gear and Shooting info:
📷 Nikon Z6II
🔭 Laowa 90mm f2.8 APO lens + 🔍 Raynox DCR-250
💡 Godox V1, 1/16 + ⚪️ AKdiffuser
⚙️ ISO 100, 1/100, f11
🌏 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, January 23, 2026
📏 snowflake ⌀ about 5–7 mm
handheld, 8 and 7 frames stacked (for two images)
This post and more photography of the tiny world in my Instagram→
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