Hoverflies

Lord Vetinari

Loads of hovers about at the moment.
All 5Dmk2/MPE-65 shots

Brian v.



Crop from above shot





Crop from above shot



Dented eye syndrome







Natural light Epistrophe elegans

Chrissiebeez_NL

These are beautiful Brian!

I'm especially impressed with the softness of the light!! How did you get it that soft!??!!? You have to share!! :poke

Lord Vetinari

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote: »

These are beautiful Brian!

I'm especially impressed with the softness of the light!! How did you get it that soft!??!!? You have to share!! :poke

Thanks

Apart from the last shot I was just using my coke-can diffuser (see here http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157594312315664/ )
but with an PC LCD screen diffuser plus a sheet of kitchen towel over the end.
Brian v.

Chrissiebeez_NL

mhhmm i too am using the coke can diffuser.. but a LCD screen diffuser?? where can you buy something like that?

Lord Vetinari

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote: »

mhhmm i too am using the coke can diffuser.. but a LCD screen diffuser?? where can you buy something like that?

I didn't buy it - I took apart a defunct old laptop - had some interesting sheets behind the LCD screen, one sheet of diffuser material and 2 sheets of light dispersion film.

Not sure the specific material matters that much - I just have a play every now and then with different materials. I suspect a piece of plastic bottle together with the kitchen towel will have similar effect. You just need to watch that you are not stopping too much of the flashlight. You can check this by firing at a test subject with the flash in manual, with and without the diffuser and look at the flash timings for equal exposure. I tend to aim for around 2 stops light loss with the diffuser but that is a balance between the amount of diffusion I want and the ability to take multiple shots without the flash recycling

Brian V

PhotoDavid78

very impressive shots as usual Lord V. I know these little bee looking insects are tiny and hard to capture. great job!

Chrissiebeez_NL

Thanks Brian!

Its really great that you're helping us here at Dgrin! I'm gonna see if i can get my macro work to the next level

GOLDENORFE

very nice, think the dented eye shot is my fav

phil

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

very nice, think the dented eye shot is my fav

phil

Thanks phil
Brian v.