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)

This one does not use flash – and is all daylight.

Then with flash.

And again with flash but giving a more night look.

Another lens I used on them was my 300mm F4 to pick out some in focus and blur the rest.

I also shot several images on my Canon 100mm macro lens.

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.

This next one is a wide aperture and then processed with Topaz Black & White Effects 2 and Topaz Texture Effects 2.

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.

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.