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Bumble bee using macro lens with side mounted flash
Aug 22, 2015 12:37:09 #
DenDiMarco wrote:
While practicing with my macro lens and side mount... (show quote)
Good work :thumbup:
Aug 22, 2015 12:37:46 #
Far North wrote:
The more I see of this the more I am tugged in the direction of a good macro lens. Good work.
Thanks, Greg! With some effort, the macro lens can produce the detail, that's for sure. :)
Aug 22, 2015 12:39:14 #
ebbote wrote:
WOW, excellent shot Den.
Thanks, Earnest. It was the result of some reading and a lot of trial and error!
Den
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Aug 22, 2015 12:40:24 #
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Aug 22, 2015 15:28:18 #
trigger finger
Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.
Stunning shot! I just went out and shot close up but I can't get a faster shutter speed than 1/200 with my flash on, you got 1/1250 that's amazing and your shot is too. Great Job!
Aug 22, 2015 19:11:53 #
trigger finger wrote:
Stunning shot! I just went out and shot close up but I can't get a faster shutter speed than 1/200 with my flash on, you got 1/1250 that's amazing and your shot is too. Great Job!
Trig, a built in flash is typically limited to 1/250th of a second. If you buy a flash unit that attaches to the camera, it might have the capability to support a faster shutter speed. That feature is call high-speed sync.
One more thing- my side-mounted flash unit was angled toward the subject at a 45 degree angle.
Den
Aug 22, 2015 20:36:57 #
trigger finger
Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.
Thanks for the info, I liked how yours turned out, I have a speed light 700 that I attach but I've always used rear sync and now I'm going to try some thing new next time out. Thanks Den.
Aug 22, 2015 22:40:53 #
trigger finger wrote:
Thanks for the info, I liked how yours turned out, I have a speed light 700 that I attach but I've always used rear sync and now I'm going to try some thing new next time out. Thanks Den.
Cool, Trig! Go get it!
Aug 23, 2015 14:53:45 #
DenDiMarco wrote:
By the way, I enjoyed you signature line, especially "gather ye pixels while ye may." Good stuff! (I gather a lot of pixels!) Den
Thank you Den.... here is the whole poem I wrote in 2014
AN ODE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WORLD
By Donald Pullum, Photographer, Environmental Scientist -- July 9, 2014
Gather Ye Pixels while ye may
Be it by flash or the bright of day.
Be it near or far, flys eye or crater of moon
A lens to fit the need, made of sand from a dune
Photons wander thru space
They, as light, set the pace
Free to wander free to roam
Captured by a sensor they have a home
Put on displayed for all to see often fixed with ink
Image projected, HDTV, or sent by net link
Admired, never will their life be dull
Better with an edit and not as a cull
From Kodak early to now ubiquitous i-Phone
Our brains desire is image prone
Photographers young or old live far and wide
Strive perfection and take defects in their stride
Our shots from have changed the world perils
From weekly News Pathe, now real time life unfurls
Photographers worldwide stand proud and tall
We an image sharing family support one and all
So photographers gather ye pixels while ye may
They or you may not be there another day
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Aug 23, 2015 15:10:24 #
dpullum wrote:
Thank you Den.... here is the whole poem I wrote in 2014
AN ODE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WORLD
By Donald Pullum, Photographer, Environmental Scientist -- July 9, 2014
Photons wander thru space
They, as light, set the pace
Free to wander free to roam
Captured by a sensor they have a home
AN ODE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WORLD
By Donald Pullum, Photographer, Environmental Scientist -- July 9, 2014
Photons wander thru space
They, as light, set the pace
Free to wander free to roam
Captured by a sensor they have a home
Wonderful, DP! I enjoyed your poem enthusiastically!
The four lines I quoted had a special meaning for me. For some years I had been an amateur astronomer sharing views through my telescopes with folks who visited astronomy club outings.
Whenever we looked at the Andromeda galaxy, I always told the viewer that the image they were seeing was possible because many light photons traveled through space for over 2 millions years and the first thing the photons touched was their eye.
Further, the energy of those photons touching their eye causes their brain to create proteins in their brain that become a memory.
So those photons came all this long distance over all these years to become a memory in their mind.
Some seemed to appreciate that. I know you would!
Den
Aug 24, 2015 01:39:32 #
DenDiMarco wrote:
While practicing with my macro lens and side mounted flash, I'd say the download is worth it for the extra detail!
Well done! Excellent detail. Did you have a deffuser over the flash?
Aug 24, 2015 07:43:59 #
Den, I was asked last night while chatting, "Don't you believe in God?!!?"
I replied...discussions of God are well beyond any preacher... God is the realm of the people in Theoretical Physic, Astrophysicists, and Astronomers. aaa and the mathematician...
You, Den, made it so wonderfully personal when you said, "<those> many light photons traveled through space for over 2 millions years and the first thing the photons touched was their eye."
Those photos are unique to the individual, and not same ones that the person next to them senses... just meant for you a gift from a star.
Beyond comprehension. In photography we must ask not how many angles fit on the head of a pin, rather how many photos.
I replied...discussions of God are well beyond any preacher... God is the realm of the people in Theoretical Physic, Astrophysicists, and Astronomers. aaa and the mathematician...
You, Den, made it so wonderfully personal when you said, "<those> many light photons traveled through space for over 2 millions years and the first thing the photons touched was their eye."
Those photos are unique to the individual, and not same ones that the person next to them senses... just meant for you a gift from a star.
Beyond comprehension. In photography we must ask not how many angles fit on the head of a pin, rather how many photos.
Aug 24, 2015 09:08:48 #
denoferth wrote:
Well done! Excellent detail. Did you have a deffuser over the flash?
Thanks, Den.
I didn't cover the flash with its built in diffuser. Is that recommended for a macro shot?
If so, I want to keep that in mind for the next time.
Den
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