Night Crawler
I normally want as much detail as possible with my snails, especially the eyes. But this time I wanted to have most of the snail out of focus, with only the eyes in focus. Using my Raynox DCR-250 attachment on the front of my macro lens allowed me to get up very close to the snail giving a very shallow dof so I hoped to achieve my desired effect. But as you can see, this didn't work as I had originally intended - even with the Raynox, I had to use f5.6 to make sure the snail shell and reflection were not sharp, but with only the eyes in focus the image really was too soft as the eyes project out in front. But this shot, focused on the 'face' with its antennae, gave very nice details and also provided a pleasing reflection.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Reflection'.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
Night Crawler
I normally want as much detail as possible with my snails, especially the eyes. But this time I wanted to have most of the snail out of focus, with only the eyes in focus. Using my Raynox DCR-250 attachment on the front of my macro lens allowed me to get up very close to the snail giving a very shallow dof so I hoped to achieve my desired effect. But as you can see, this didn't work as I had originally intended - even with the Raynox, I had to use f5.6 to make sure the snail shell and reflection were not sharp, but with only the eyes in focus the image really was too soft as the eyes project out in front. But this shot, focused on the 'face' with its antennae, gave very nice details and also provided a pleasing reflection.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Reflection'.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.