hand held rig version – who knows
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Lighting’s excellent Will. I am sure you’re going for artistic effect here but I would offer this philosophical thought: you are much more familiar with your subjects (weird bugs) than 99% of your audience will ever be.
I played with a gold disc for a bit.
Pros: Can help when dealing with directional light
Cons: Wind 🙂a remote flash on a stand can probably do as much and more. Been toying with the idea of getting a small flash and using it with a gorilla pod.
Careful, Will. You are heading towards the dreaded microscopic imitative school of fly tying.
Awesome tie.
Great shots and lighting Will ! i do agree with Zack about the blur, the DOF kind of confuses me as it appears that some items would of been in the same DOF yet, they are blurred ? As always though, love your photography and lighting!
I saw this somewhere, a photographer took an old backpack apart and used the metal frame as a mounting platform. What he did was, attached some additional adjustable poles and mounted the strobes, reflectors and umbrellas on them and then put the backpack frame on. This allowed him more dynamic lighting, while keeping his hands free…
Scott- ooohhh no- I have enough obsessions:) though I do love the realistic stuff
btw I thought of you when I saw this – actually I thought of me first:)–
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/nikon-unveils-fabre-photo-ex-dslr-based-stereoscopic-microscope/
Ben- sounds like a one man band version of a lighting rig- cool idea:)))
Will
Very nice Will –
(flies and photos ;))I like the first of the shots on white – I think the harder shadows give the fly more shape – though the others look good as well.
Have you tried any light reflected off silver with no diffusion ?
If the source is large enough you still get soft light, though the silver gives really crisp detail.
I’m no expert on macro stuff, but I think the key would be getting the distance from light to subject bang on for the best result.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
btw I thought of you when I saw this – actually I thought of me first:)–
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/nikon-unveils-fabre-photo-ex-dslr-based-stereoscopic-microscope/
Interesting concept. But, I have to draw the line somewhere :-).
Will
Definitely great looking flies — all photos were good — personally have to agree with Dave that ones on white seemed to give better definition to fly — in hand with what Zach was saying about out of focus on first shot posted — you know what your fly is about but your audience might not — that’s why I would think more the detail/definition the better — just my $0.02 worth
Also like the quest for your “hand held nightimeWill the issue of black backgrounds is a direct result of what otherwise would be a badly underexposed image. Fairly common when hand holding macro rigs. The flash unit supplies whatever light is needed to bridge the gap. Thus you end up with a lit subject, but underexposed bg. If your settings are closer to a proper exposure, the background gets iluminated by whatever light is there.
The best solution for single flash is a good flash bracket that allows you to position the the flashhead  above the subject and in front of your lens. In this manner the flashes output is directed down at the subject and at the same time it illuminats a bit of both the fore and Back ground.
The GF Spere is ideal for this, but it starts with a good flash bracket.
Gooseneck: Flimsy, limited positioning.
Articulatd: Wimbery. Most flexible with regards to positioning the head. However that comes with a price. First is weight distribution. The arm goes out and away, then back towards. In short can be cumbersome. Second is manouverability. If theres brush, twigs etc around the fly how do you propose to get it in positon without disturbing the brush, and the fly?
RRS: Very flexible with regards to positioning, Keeps the weight of the backet, rail and flash head over the center axis (unless you desire sidelight).
With that I can slide the bracket fowards/backwards as needed for whatever clearance I need from the front element, which is the genesis for
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