Since spring has definitely arrived and with it, very early bluebells, I thought that I should try taking some photographs of them. It’s notoriously difficult to get decent pictures of bluebells since they grow in shaded woodland, which gives all sorts of problems with light levels and brightness and contrast issues. At first I tried making some HDR images, but I wasn’t really happy with the results. I was using shutter speed to bracket the exposure, but the high exposure shots were ending up with such a slow shutter speed, that wind movement was causing problems.

I had another go at another location (without trying to do HDR) and got better results, though the light was getting rather low. I took some tips from this page about how to adjust the white balance, which was very useful. Let me know what you think of the results…

Whilst on our church weekend away recently, some of us had the chance to go on a photography walk with Malcolm, one of our church family members who is a professional photographer. It was a great opportunity to learn from someone who really knows what they are doing. Looking over someone’s shoulder is always a good way to pick up tips, and to be able to hear the thought process behind the shot (as well as the technical stuff) was really interesting. Thanks Malclom!

Here are a few of the images I came away with: