As I am back in Wales for the next month I decided not to get to relaxed and went out on a shoot. For today's shoot I wanted to continue with my independent assignment on Gastropods as I have been doing so over the past few weeks in Cornwall. The Kit I will be using over the winter break is a Nikon D7000 with three lens, a 16-85mm, 105mm Macro and a 10.5 fish eye lens. I am also using a manfrotto tripod, which is a brand of tripod that I would highly recommend to any landscape/nature photographers as it a lot more versatile than basic tripods. Over the coming weeks I will be spending a lot of my time in the river photographing the Snails, along with filming for two other projects in the forests. The reason for photographing the snails in the river is because as I have mentioned in previous posts that, this is when the Snails are most active when surrounded by moisture. Also photographing them by the water means I can shoot a slow shutter speed making the image a little more artistic, which is some thing I have tried previously in Tehidy Nature Reserve and I thought it worked really well.
Heading up to the mountains the sky was a lovely crystal blue. I could feel the cold air on my face the higher I walked up the path scanning down at the river to find a perfect spot in which I could set up my kit and get into my waders. As I walked along all I could hear the sound of the birds flying by and the river below, after a short walk I headed down the muddy bank and prepared for the icy welsh waters. Once in the river I moved a few rocks and had some shots in mind in which I could place the snails but after half an hour of taking pictures and I wasn't 100% pleased with the outcomes. So I quickly changed the lens to a fish eye lens and made the subject matter the location it self and things were going well. The outcome is below and can be found in the landscape section on the site shortly. Overall a slow start for the Snail assignment here in Wales:
Heading up to the mountains the sky was a lovely crystal blue. I could feel the cold air on my face the higher I walked up the path scanning down at the river to find a perfect spot in which I could set up my kit and get into my waders. As I walked along all I could hear the sound of the birds flying by and the river below, after a short walk I headed down the muddy bank and prepared for the icy welsh waters. Once in the river I moved a few rocks and had some shots in mind in which I could place the snails but after half an hour of taking pictures and I wasn't 100% pleased with the outcomes. So I quickly changed the lens to a fish eye lens and made the subject matter the location it self and things were going well. The outcome is below and can be found in the landscape section on the site shortly. Overall a slow start for the Snail assignment here in Wales: