Nightsleeze

[Marko Matic]

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Shooting data: D200, 200mm f4 macro, Flash, f22, iso 100, hand held, total darkness.

[Randy Stout]

Marko:

As a part time gardener, I hate slugs/snails.

Interesting capture. I love the antenna. My main thought would be to try and tone down some of the bright reflections. They are unavoidable from the flash, but you can lessen their impact in post processing.

I wish the eye contact was better :):) (Sorry, I am from the avian forum!)

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Julie Kenward]

I'm usually the first one to holler about flashback but you know it kind of gives that sleezy slimy look to the image so yes, I'd tone it down a little but I'd leave some in because it does convey the slippery part of the creature.

My question is...what was your exposure time? ISO 100 in total darkness....was it a long exposure?

[Marko Matic]

It was 1/250 but It was hot with flash on a bracket. They appear to constantly move (especially the antennas) when not in shell so I could forget about tripod work. I thought about better lighting but I would have required some stronger flash output with big diffusers, which I dont have. I could not do it with the smaller flash because the snails would change position by the time you setup the lighting setup.

[Roman Kurywczak]

HI Marko,
You probably could have gotten away with 1/125 of a second.......flash would have frozen the movement well (it is a snail after all!)......but you may also want to use a diffuser over the flash also (Piece of white bedsheet will work and it's free) or many are availabe at a reasonable price. As it was total darkness.....this may help a bit.....but not totally remove the flash spots. You could also use a flashlight to help illuminate the snail. All things considered...not too bad!

[Marko Matic]

Thnx for the tips Roman.