Snowdrops & Springtails.
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.
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5, 1/10 sec, ISO100)Snowdrop in the Rain. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 100 F5 1/10 +1 ev. Tripod.
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec, ISO400)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.
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/4, 1/80 sec, ISO400)Snowdrops at Garston Wood. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F8 1/40 +2/3 ev. Tripod.
Canon EOS 50D (65mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO400)Sprintail. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Flash. ISO 400 F11 1/250.
Canon EOS 50D (65mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO400)Globular Springtail. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Flash. ISO 400 F11 1/250
Location
RSPB Nature Reserve.
