Annual SnowDrop Shoot 2017
I go take some Snowdrops almost every year at Garston Wood, and this year was no exception. The patch is fairly small, but it is quiet spot in February, so I don’t get interuptted to much lying on the ground etc.
This year I took my wide angle macro lens ( Laowa 15mm ) to take them for the first time. I lit some of them when mentioned below, with a Rayflash ringflash adapter and Canon 580ex Speedlight. It was also a debut for my new Camera – a Canon 5d MkIV.
Anyhow enough waffle and onto the results of the day – firstly those on the wide angle.
This first one I was literally in a bunch of them. (Flash used)
Right in the Snowdrops
This one does not use flash – and is all daylight.
Snowdrops Wide Angle Daylight
Then with flash.
Snowdrops Wide Angle
And again with flash but giving a more night look.
Snowdrops Wide Angle Dark
Another lens I used on them was my 300mm F4 to pick out some in focus and blur the rest.
Snowdrops in bloom
I also shot several images on my Canon 100mm macro lens.
Central
These next two are the same setup – the first mixed with a outof focus shot in Topaz Texture Effects 2. The second has a Led light in the background.
Paleness
Backlit Snowdrops
This next one is a wide aperture and then processed with Topaz Black & White Effects 2 and Topaz Texture Effects 2.
Delicate
These next two are double exposures blended in Photoshop CC. I took one shot out of focus, and one in to give this glow type finish.
Double Drop
Dreaming Double Drops
The above one has some additional processing in Topaz Texture Effects. I should note – that I wish I’d noticed the stems in the bottom left corner – as they annoy me. Otherwise it would probably my favourite snowdrop shot of 2017.
