Nikonian72 wrote:
We all started by using available light, then camera pop-up flash for macro exposure. You can learn most of the basic techniques this way, but you will soon learn the drawbacks of narrow Depth of Field. Your image #5 is a good example.
Most of us rely on standard speedlight or ringflash illumination, so we can routinely shoot at ISO 200, 1/200-sec at f/16.
Thanks for the input. Do you recommend speedlight or ringflash?