I’ve been on a little mission to try and capture the sunshine as it pours through the Blueberry bush in our back garden. The leaves seem to glow red. Now it’s a miserable day again, I’ve got a moment to show you my attempts.
This is the bush in question. It turns a beautiful colour in the Autumn, and at lunch time, with the sun at just the right angle, it can look pretty stunning. Sadly, I couldn’t seem to translate what I could see into a great photo, but I enjoyed trying.
These are the tools I used (obviously it involved a camera too…).
This is a 13mm macro extension tube. It’s pretty cheap and if you were a pro, I imagine there are some wildly expensive lenses you could buy. But, as I’m a bit cash strapped, this actually does a fairly decent job. I had this extension tube attached to my Sigma lens (17-70mm). I was using a variation of Aperature Priority and Shutter Priority to try and capture my leaf shots. I didn’t use the Macro mode the camera has, as I prefer to have a bit more control over the photos I’m taking. Like I said before, I learn more from experimenting.
Below is the shot that I think captures the red and the light of the leaf just right. It isn’t perfect, but I like it!
Please see my further leaf attempts in the gallery below: