Houston, we have finally reached the stars… or at least a proper photography location, which required nearly as much scouting.
Let’s start from the beginning: If you think capturing a springtail is easy, you’ve clearly never tried chasing a 1mm acrobat with a macro lens. The first few days were all about location scouting – crouching, crawling through the grass, and taking hundreds of test shots with no target in sight. Classic macro hunting.
Then, suddenly, everything aligned: the background, the lighting, the shimmering water droplets on the glass – all in perfect harmony. Now, all that was missing was the springtail. But these creatures have a peculiar habit: when you don’t need them, they swarm around, but when the composition is just right, they mysteriously vanish, as if slipping into a hidden dimension.
Finally, after several days of searching, hours of patience, and around 400-500 exposures, I managed to capture this moment. The sharpness? Well… it could have been better, but there’s no autofocus in deep space, so this will do.
Even if it’s not perfect, I can say this: We traveled to the edge of the universe and watched the stars with a tiny space explorer.”
