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
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (0mm, f/0, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Right in the Snowdrops

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

Snowdrops Wide Angle Daylight
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (0mm, f/0, 1/50 sec, ISO800)
Snowdrops Wide Angle Daylight

Then with flash.

Snowdrops Wide Angle
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (0mm, f/0, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Snowdrops Wide Angle

And again with flash but giving a more night look.

Snowdrops Wide Angle Dark
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (0mm, f/0, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
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
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (300mm, f/4, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Snowdrops in bloom

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

Central
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/8, 1/25 sec, ISO100)
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
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO100)
Paleness
Backlit Snowdrops
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO100)
Backlit Snowdrops

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

Delicate
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/4, 1/50 sec, ISO100)
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
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/3.2, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
Double Drop
Dreaming Double Drops
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, ISO100)
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.

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