Name: Marek Miś
Picture title: Recrystallized Callus Remover 3
Category: Micro
Nationality: Polish
Occupation: Biologist / Photographer

Marek says:
‘Callus remover (used to remove areas of thickened skin) is one of my favourite substances for crystallisation. I’ve been taking photographs of this substance for a long time now and almost always find something new to capture.

On this occasion the crystals had formed into structures that reminded me of a Native American village with tents pitched all over the hills. Using polarised light offered me an unlimited variety of colours and shapes, which changed when I rotated the polariser. I looked for colours that helped define the shapes I wanted to emphasise. I rotated the camera until the composition felt balanced.

Photographing crystals is relatively simple compared to living objects.  The main challenge lies in showing crystals of the same substance in a different way.’

Technical information:
Pentax K1
Olympus BH-2
Technique: Polarized light
Magnification​: 100x

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