Finally got out to practice
Jun 29, 2014 22:50:14 #
Following Douglass' advice I obtained a soft box. I got out and tried to find some critters to shoot. The best I located were some ants running up and down tree trunks. This is what I feel to be the best of what I got. I had to mess around with flash power and I think it was around 3/4 for this.
Is there an ideal time of day when bugs are slower moving? These guys were tough to keep up with.
Is there an ideal time of day when bugs are slower moving? These guys were tough to keep up with.
Jun 30, 2014 00:45:31 #
Overall illumination looks good. Couple of hot spots that can be addressed with flash output level and making sure the diffuser is "puffed" out - fully extended from the flash head and not folded close to it. Focus is off a tad but close. Keep practicing as there really is no substitute for developing macro-vision.
Jun 30, 2014 01:20:39 #
Not bad at all. I'm curious about what your camera settings were. 3/4 sounds kind of high depending on what flash you are using. 1/4 is about the max I ever use, sometime 1/16 or less.
Jun 30, 2014 08:40:27 #
I think you did a good job with a running ant, I'm just learning to use speedlight and soft box too.
Jun 30, 2014 09:20:20 #
A-PeeR wrote:
Thanks A-Peer, your comments are encouraging. These ants were constantly moving so I felt fortunate to get focus this good. I'll keep working on it.Overall illumination looks good. Couple of hot spots that can be addressed with flash output level and making sure the diffuser is "puffed" out - fully extended from the flash head and not folded close to it. Focus is off a tad but close. Keep practicing as there really is no substitute for developing macro-vision.
Jun 30, 2014 09:25:25 #
Flyextreme wrote:
I'm not sure why but I note that my settings were 1/200-sec at f/20, with ISO at 100. Last time out I used 1/125-sec at f/16 at ISO 100.Not bad at all. I'm curious about what your camera settings were. 3/4 sounds kind of high depending on what flash you are using. 1/4 is about the max I ever use, sometime 1/16 or less.
Jun 30, 2014 09:27:04 #
Trudy wrote:
Thanks Trudy, the folks here are all great with their encouraging words.I think you did a good job with a running ant, I'm just learning to use speedlight and soft box too.
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