Bee in a flower

gluwater

Well I went out to try and find something interesting to shoot with my 100 Macro and all I could find was this bee in a flower. I had a couple other shots I would have liked better but my lighting was horrid and my DOF was off. I am shooting with a 580EX on an RRS flash arm with a Light Sqhere diffuser. I am having problems because I cannot get the flash where I want it. Mainly the flash is too far past the subject that it is almost back lighting it. Any suggestions? Maybe I'll try the old milkcarton and paper towel diffuser. Comments and critique always welcome.

Skippy

Doing The Lay Down Crawl

gluwater wrote:

Well I went out to try and find something interesting to shoot with my 100 Macro and all I could find was this bee in a flower. I had a couple other shots I would have liked better but my lighting was horrid and my DOF was off. I am shooting with a 580EX on an RRS flash arm with a Light Sqhere diffuser. I am having problems because I cannot get the flash where I want it. Mainly the flash is too far past the subject that it is almost back lighting it. Any suggestions? Maybe I'll try the old milkcarton and paper towel diffuser. Comments and critique always welcome.

Those bees really go to town on some flowers don't they
I use my 100 Macro with a 580EX, but I leave mine mounted on the camera with a diffuser........ I'd love one of those flexible jointed arms, only they are not cheap to buy, but least you can manipulate it into an position you want.......... this shot looks fine to me..... Skippy (Australia)