Snowdrops, Fly and Infrared.
Took a trip to Garston Wood today, where I know a patch of snowdrops normally appears in this RSPB Woodland Nature Reserve.
I took my Canon 50D, and my recently acquire second hand infrared (enhanced colour) converted Canon 20D with me, along with my Canon 100mm F2.8 macro lens, Canon MPE-65mm Macro Lens, MT-24ex Twinflashgun and sturdy Manfrotto tripod.
The flash I took in case I saw the odd fly for use with the MPE-65mm, the snowdrops were where the tripod came in to take them in natural light.
Here’s the results from todays trip.
Firstly in normal colours from the 50D.
Snowdrops – Galanthus, against moss
Snowdrops – Galanthus, against moss, taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 400, F3.5 1/250. Handheld.
Pair of Snowdrops – Galanthus
Pair of Snowdrops – Galanthus, taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 400, F3.2 1/320 on Tripod.
Snowdrop – Galanthus, Fully Open
Snowdrop – Galanthus, Fully Open, taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 400, F8 1/40 on Tripod.
Snowdrop – Galanthus
Snowdrop – Galanthus, taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 200, F3.2 1/160 on Tripod.
Fly on Snowdrop at 1.5x Magnification
Fly on Snowdrop at 1.5x Magnification,Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens at around 1.5x magnification. F11 ISO400 1/250 Manual Flash from Canon MT-24ex Flashgun.
Fly Head on at around 3x Magnification
Fly Head on at around 3x Magnification. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens at around 3x magnification. F11 ISO400 1/250 Manual Flash from Canon MT-24ex Flashgun.
Fly
Fly at 2x Lifesize. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens at around 2x magnification. ISO 400 F11 1/250 Manual Flash from Canon MT-24ex Flashgun.
Now some results from the Canon 20D converted camera, certainly shows the snowdrops in a different light!
Infrared Snowdrops – Galanthus
Infrared Snowdrops – Galanthus, taken on Canon Infrared converted 20D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 400, F4 1/400 on a tripod. Straight from the Cameras, only levels adjusted.
Infrared Snowdrops – Galanthus (Red and Blue Channels swapped)
Infrared Snowdrops – Galanthus, taken on Canon Infrared converted 20D with Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro Lens. Natural light, ISO 400, F3.2 1/640 on a tripod. Levels adjusted and blue and red channels swapped in Photoshop.
And lastly the fly on the 20D.
Infrared Fly
Infrared Fly, taken on Canon Infrared converted 20D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Flashgun, ISO 400, F11 1/250, handheld. Straight from the Camera only levels adjusted.
Map of Location
RSPB Nature Reserve.
