what I actually mean is...

Being unsteady on one's feet and having to walk everywhere slowly is full of advantages.  Well, when I say "full", what I actually mean there's just one - that I see and study everything at ground level.

This benefit came to fruition the other day when I was strolling through my local patch of woodland.  Well, when I say "strolling", what I actually mean is limping along at a snail's pace.

Anyway, I happened upon a rather lovely scene comprising some dead, decaying leaf litter among some other detritus on the forest floor and took a picture.  Well, when I say "a picture", what I actually mean is ten or so focused at different levels which I then blended later.  Well, when I say "I blended" what I actually mean is Photoshop blended them for me, but I had to press the button, so....

Nikon D700, Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8G
1/10th of a second at f4, ISO 200
tripod, self-timer release
10-shot focus stack in Adobe Photoshop

The result is a quite lovely cameo of a late winter slash early spring woodland scene.  Well, when I say "quite lovely" what I actually mean is I think it's one of the best images I've ever taken in all my years of photography.

To see even more images like this and find out exactly how I go about spotting and capturing them, watch this week's video by clicking on the link below:

And as if the video alone isn't enough, I've created a comprehensive guide to making woodland images and it can be found in the links section of this blog.