Camera: Canon PowerShot S120

ISO sensitivity: 160

Focal length: 26 mm

EV: -1.7 (this is the main trick)

F-number: 5.7

Exposure time: 1/1250 s

You can also use the same trick with berries and leaves as the bright sunshine filters through them. In some cases you may need to crank the exposure value way past -2 to make the background dark enough. It helps, if you can put a shadow directly behind the subject.