Snowdrops & Springtails.

February 18, 2012 Chris

On a wet Saturday afternoon today, I visited a known patch of Snowdrops at Garston Wood. I fancied that the overcast and damp conditions would make it good to take these flowers. I took along my mat to keep dry on the ground my self while I framed the shots using the live view function on the Canon 50D, using my 100mm lens. I find this useful when using a tripod low to the ground and helps to fine tune the focusing by zooming in on the point of focus, particularly at wider apertures. As the snowdrops are white I also dialed in some positive exposure compensation to keep the detail in the white petals.

After shooting the snowdrops, I had a quick dig under some old sticks to find some Springtails to shoot. The images here are taken between 2-3x magnification on the Canon MPE-65mm. The flash was set on this instance to manual 1/8th power to light the shot.

Snowdrop in the Rain. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 100 F5 1/10 +1 ev. Tripod.

Snowdrop Memories. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F5.6 1/50 +2/3 ev. Tripod. Milk Memories Effect added from Topaz Black & White Effects.