Fork-leaved sundew - (2.5:1), Heesch, Netherlands
A series of flash-lit 2.5:1 - 5:1 photos showing details of the glandulair hairs. As you can see, this is a fun subject to have light experiments on as the hairs are somewhat transparent and light bounces around.
Technical notes: it really still blows my mind how much light you have to add to such a scene. This is Nikon's most powerful flash (SB900) almost touching the subject. A flash that lights up 20m of forest at night. It's still barely enough for 5:1 at these settings.
''Drosera binata'', commonly known as the forked sundew or fork-leaved sundew, is a large, perennial sundew native to Australia and New Zealand. The specific epithet is Latin for "having pairs" - a reference to the leaves, which are dichotomously divided or forked.
