Spring feels very late this year. In recent years the snowdrops in our garden have started to flower in mid-late January. This year it’s almost two months later.But now that the snowdrops are well and truly out –and nearly being overtaken by later flowering plants such as crocuses and even the first signs of daffoldils,this weekend was finally a good chance to play with some macro flower photography.
And snowdrops are a good test for budding (sorry –couldn’t resist that one!) macro flower photographers as they are tricky little things to photograph. Not only do you have the usual focus-critical problems of macro photography,but snowdrops are white –which always adds difficulty to getting a correct exposure –tend to hide in darker corners,are small,and tend to be grouped in awkward clumps.
So how to get better results when doing macro flower photography –especially when photographing snowdrops? Well,based on attempts a few years when I didn’t get this right,and this year getting much better results I’ve put together a small tutorial on how to improve your macro flower photography,using the humble but pretty snowdrop as an example.
