Snails have been hitting our strawberries like they're an all you can eat buffet. I found a snail close to our plants this morning, I placed it on a half eaten strawberry, and then tracked it with the camera as it moved hoping to get something interesting.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
View attachment 15539Snail on a Strawberry by John Kimbler, on Flickr
As this snail was eating a strawberry I was holding the fruit in my hand and rotating it as the critter moved to maintain the framing that I wanted. I was paying so much attention to the composition and where I wanted the focus to land that I didn't realize that the snail's skin was transparent enough to see the strawberry move through it as it ate.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (1x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
View attachment 15540Snail Eating a Strawberry by John Kimbler, on Flickr
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
View attachment 15539Snail on a Strawberry by John Kimbler, on Flickr
As this snail was eating a strawberry I was holding the fruit in my hand and rotating it as the critter moved to maintain the framing that I wanted. I was paying so much attention to the composition and where I wanted the focus to land that I didn't realize that the snail's skin was transparent enough to see the strawberry move through it as it ate.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (1x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
View attachment 15540Snail Eating a Strawberry by John Kimbler, on Flickr
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