My first Hover of the season.

IPClark

..and as compliant as ever

Both 1/200th @F11, ISO 100.
Flash diffused and output reduced

RebeccaHelm

IPClark wrote:

..and as compliant as ever

Both 1/200th @F11, ISO 100.
Flash diffused and output reduced

Awesome! Such great color!

Lord Vetinari

Good one Ian - lovely colour.
Looks like it's on a dead camelia flower ?

Lighting still looks fairly strong with those hexagon shapes on the eyes. You either have quite a lot of strong sun in the shot or the flash needs more diffusion or perhaps needs to be nearer the subject.

Brian v.

IPClark

Thank you Brian, must admit I don't know what the flower is. It's a largish bush though . I'll find out.

I have to admit I need to resolve both the issues.

The flash is mounted on the hot shoe and my only diffusion at the moment is a sto-fen which is next to useless for stuff like this. removing those hexagonal shapes is my main goal.

bhogle

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Good one Ian - lovely colour.
Looks like it's on a dead camelia flower ?

Lighting still looks fairly strong with those hexagon shapes on the eyes. You either have quite a lot of strong sun in the shot or the flash needs more diffusion or perhaps needs to be nearer the subject.

Brian v.

thats great feedback right there!
nice shot too!

Stella7d

Amazing shot!! Love all the details!!

IPClark

Thanks again