Small Flower Photography with Macro Lens

Flower Photography with Canon Macro Lens

Small Flower Photography with Canon EOS 6D / 100mm Macro Lens

Flower Macro Photography: Milnerton, Cape Town

In preparation for a Macro / Close-Up Photography Training in Milnerton and Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, I've captured a few small flowers with the Canon EOS 70D / 100mm Macro lens and Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash. 

The last image was done with Canon EOS 6D / 100mm Macro lens and Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT flash.

Note: Photos are on tripod in Av mode with a Canon Speedlite 430EX I / 430EX III-RT flash with diffuser.  Slight processing Photoshop Lightroom 6 / 7.

Shooting Location
Arnhem Milnerton, Cape Town

Canon DSLR / Flash / Tripod

• Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera body
• Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera body
• Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens
• Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash
• Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT flash
• Manfrotto Tripod

Av Mode - Aperture Priority Settings

• Aperture f/8 - f/22
• ISO 400 - 800
• Manual Focus / Lens Autofocus off
• Shutter speed: various (auto in Av mode)

Canon EOS 70D / EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens ISO 800 f/11

Canon EOS 70D / EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens ISO 400 f/11

Canon EOS 70D / EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens ISO 800 f/11

Canon EOS 70D / EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens ISO 800 f/8

Canon EOS 6D / EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens ISO 400 f/11

Canon Extension Tube vs Macro Lens Decision
Canon Extension Tube vs Macro Lens Decision

Vernon Chalmers Photography Training Website Update

Vernon Chalmers Photography Training Website

Vernon Chalmers Photography Training Website Update

Update: Vernon Chalmers Photography Training Website (April 2022)

Vernon Chalmers Photography Training Milnerton, Cape Town - Website Update

The website is now up-to-date with the following information:

• Bird Species updates at Kirstenbosch and Woodbridge Island
• Canon photography training sessions (In studio when available)
• Communications (Contact me via email or Whatsapp)
• History updates Canon camera technology and Milnerton / Woodbridge Island
• Photographer Accommodation Requirements Milnerton / Woodbridge Island
• Regular image (birds, birds in flight, landscape and macro photography) updates
• Regular Canon Camera / Technology personal thoughts / updates
• Updating of Vernon Chalmers Canon camera / photography articles
• Various Maps: Vernon Chalmers Photography / Woodbridge Island / Kirstenbosch

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Milnerton / Woodbridge Island Long Exposure Photography

Milnerton Lagoon / Woodbridge Island after Sunset : With Canon EOS 6D (Long Exposure Photography

Canon Photography Training Milnerton Woodbridge Island | Kirstenbosch Cape Town

Bird Photography Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Bird Photography Around Woodbridge Island

Bird Photography Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

A Variety of Bird in the Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Between all the rainy days forecasted for this week today was probably the best weather and light of the week. I only left my studio after 10:00 due the poor light and some cloud cover. 

The weather (and the light) cleared up quite nicely by the time I got down the Diep River, Woodbridge Island on my usual walk down to  the Table Bay Nature Reserve. During the walk I was fortunate to observe and photograph the rare (for here) purple heron. There was a pair, but I only mange to get an extreme long range shot of one of them.

I was greeted with all the usual birds with lots of common starlings around. I manage to capture a few Cape cormorants and eventually walked to the reserve. Here I saw many Cape spurfowls, yellow-billed ducks, Southern masked weavers and a few grey herons. On my return I photographed the 'sprinting' common moorhen along the Diep River and one of the two resident pied crows.

The highlight in the reserve - and my morning - was the successful stalking of the fidgety Karoo prinea  - a rare small bird for me down here. I've only seen them a couple of times in the last ten years around this area.

Woodbridge Island Map and Directions

Birds of the morning:

• Purple heron
• Karoo prinea
• Common moorhen
• Cape cormorant
• Pied crow

Cape Town Location
Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island, Milnerton

Canon Camera / Lens Settings

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II Body
• EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
• Manual Mode: Auto-ISO: 400 - 800
• Aperture: f/5.6
• Shutter Speed: 1/1000 - 1/3200
• AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
• 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
• Handheld

Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.4: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction

Karoo Prinia Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island

Common Moorhen Sprinting Diep River Woodbridge Island 

Cape Cormorant in Flight Diep River Woodbridge Island

Pied Crow in Flight Diep River Woodbridge Island

Bird Species Woodbridge Island, Cape Town View

Canon Photography Training Milnerton Woodbridge Island | Kirstenbosch | Intaka Island Cape Town

Cape Town Photography: Milnerton Beach Sunsets

Milnerton Beach Sunset Photography

Vernon Chalmers Photography: Milnerton Beach, Cape Town Sunsets

Sunsets Milnerton Beach - Canon Long Exposure Photography

Sunset from Milnerton Beach over Table (Milnerton Golf Course) / Woodbridge Island.

All Milnerton Beach, Woodbridge Island - Long Exposure Photography with:

• Canon EOS 6D / EF 16-35mm f/L IS USM lens
• Canon EOS 700D / EF-S 18-135mm IS STM Lens
• Manfrotto Tripod

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Cape Town Photography: Table Mountain Images / Milnerton Lighthouse

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Sunset Milnerton Beach / Woodbridge Island Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island Milnerton / Golf Course

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island / Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town

Milnerton Beach in front Woodbridge Island, Cape Town


Long Exposure / Night Photography Settings & Tips
Long Exposure / Night Photography Settings & Tips