First flying bug capture
Aug 9, 2015 14:49:29 #
I know that the bee is out of focus and a little fuzzy from motion blur, and I caught it by accident, but it is my first capture of a flying insect. Going out to try getting some more!
Aug 9, 2015 18:49:33 #
trigger finger
Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.
I like the shot and as far as blur it's not that bad, the flower is perfect and well lit. Dude your hooked on flying bugs now , face it.
Aug 9, 2015 20:59:51 #
Keep shooting! Most of us have similar results when shooting BIFs (bugs in flight). This is why you will find very, very few BIFs on this forum.
Aug 9, 2015 22:58:44 #
Aug 10, 2015 13:10:49 #
Aug 10, 2015 15:04:45 #
My girlfriend has named this shot 'the flying bee butt pic'. She laughed sweetly at me because I was so excited about it. Thank you all for the encouragement! :thumbup: I am already trying to rig up a better set up to freeze frame these fast flying buggers. ;)
Aug 10, 2015 19:40:52 #
NormanHarley wrote:
An interesting note about speedlights is that the manual "power" settings (1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc.) concern flash duration (length), not light quantity. As an example, 1/2 power may equate to 1/500-sec flash duration, and 1/8 power may equate to 1/10,000-sec flash duration.I am already trying to rig up a better set up to freeze frame these fast flying buggers.
This means that:
1.) A more powerful speedlight (higher Guide Number) has a much faster recycle time, especially at shorter flash durations; and
2.) A speedlight set closer to subject will allow a shorter flash duration for proper exposure;
3.) Very short flash durations can "freeze" insect and hummingbird wings, inflight.
Aug 10, 2015 19:54:03 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Got it! Thank you. And I do have one question.. If I use two Yongnuo 565EX speedlights, one on the hot shoe and one remote, to add more light for a shorter flash duration, should I use the optical slave or the radio slave to get the flashes to fire at exactly the same time, or maybe it doesn't make a difference? I can't find any information about how close the firing speed of the slave is from the main flash from the two different triggering options. Maybe they are both so close it doesn't matter.An interesting note about speedlights is that the manual "power" settings (1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc.) concern flash duration (length), not light quantity. As an example, 1/2 power may equate to 1/500-sec flash duration, and 1/8 power may equate to 1/10,000-sec flash duration.
Aug 10, 2015 20:01:27 #
NormanHarley wrote:
This is beyond my practical experience, but I suspect that triggering one speedlight from another is the speed of light, with very little electronic delay.If I use two Yongnuo 565EX speedlights, one on the hot shoe and one remote to add more light for a shorter flash duration, should I use the optical slave or the radio slave to get the flashes to fire at exactly the same time, or maybe it doesn't make a difference? I can't find any information about how close the firing speed of the slave is from the main flash from the two different triggering options. Maybe they are both so close it doesn't matter.
Aug 10, 2015 21:27:44 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thank you, Nikonian72. Maybe I will post that question in the Main discussion area tomorrow. It may end up being more useless information to clutter up my brain, but maybe I will learn something totally new from the members. It's amazing how I can ask or follow one question and then I end up learning about related things in the responses here on this web site.This is beyond my practical experience, but I suspect that triggering one speedlight from another is the speed of light, with very little electronic delay.
Aug 10, 2015 22:03:18 #
NormanHarley wrote:
Noble sentiment. Maybe I will post that question in the Main discussion area tomorrow.
Unfortunately, the Hog has its share of both trolls and verbose know-it-alls, who can go on, paragraph, after paragraph, after paragraph, ad nauseum. Goferit! But be forewarned.
Aug 11, 2015 09:28:20 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I enjoy reading an occasional comment or series of comments to my girlfriend. We laugh and have a good time with it now! Where do these people come from??? I went to the Attic one time, that was enough! UHH may have some "interesting" members, but it is still the best site I've found for fast, accurate information.Noble sentiment.
Unfortunately, the Hog has its share of both trolls and verbose know-it-alls, who can go on, paragraph, after paragraph, after paragraph, ad nauseum. Goferit! But be forewarned.
Unfortunately, the Hog has its share of both trolls and verbose know-it-alls, who can go on, paragraph, after paragraph, after paragraph, ad nauseum. Goferit! But be forewarned.
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