Bees from the farm

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited August 6, 2006 in Holy Macro
Normally I shoot using natural light only, but it was partly cloudy yesterday and the rapidly changing light got irritating after a while. So I set up the MT-24 to a 4:1 ratio with the "A" flash head at the top and the "B: flash head toward the bottom of the lens (no exposure compensation), set the camera to full manual mode (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) and took a few frames. Noise Ninja and a slight levels adjustment was the only post processing.

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
    Dalantech wrote:
    Normally I shoot using natural light only, but it was partly cloudy yesterday and the rapidly changing light got irritating after a while. So I set up the MT-24 to a 4:1 ratio with the "A" flash head at the top and the "B: flash head toward the bottom of the lens (no exposure compensation), set the camera to full manual mode (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) and took a few frames. Noise Ninja and a slight levels adjustment was the only post processing.

    C&C always welcome :):

    Hey there Dalantech....not only does that Bee look good, but I love that Flower it's sitting on, both subjects are very pleasing to the eye thumb.gif

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    Hey there Dalantech....not only does that Bee look good, but I love that Flower it's sitting on, both subjects are very pleasing to the eye thumb.gif

    Skippy (Australia)

    Thanks for the props! :):
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    Hey there Dalantech....not only does that Bee look good, but I love that Flower it's sitting on, both subjects are very pleasing to the eye thumb.gif

    Skippy (Australia)

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
    Antonio Correia wrote:
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    Thanks! :):
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
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  • boogieboogie Registered Users Posts: 553 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2006
    Dalantech wrote:
    Normally I shoot using natural light only, but it was partly cloudy yesterday and the rapidly changing light got irritating after a while. So I set up the MT-24 to a 4:1 ratio with the "A" flash head at the top and the "B: flash head toward the bottom of the lens (no exposure compensation), set the camera to full manual mode (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) and took a few frames. Noise Ninja and a slight levels adjustment was the only post processing. C&C always welcome :):

    Killer shot. Surprisingly I don't find the flash harsh at all and #1 is a winner.
    Good work as always.

    boogie
  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2006
    I agree w/ the others, the 1st is great. I like the sharpness of the bee as well as the range of colors in the flowers.

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2006
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    iloveyou.gif WOW as always eek7.gif

    Thanks Awais! :):
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2006
    boogie wrote:
    Killer shot. Surprisingly I don't find the flash harsh at all and #1 is a winner.
    Good work as always.

    boogie

    Thanks Boogie!

    I've got diffusers on the flash, and I normally don't angle the flash heads directly at the subject...
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2006
    Frog Lady wrote:
    I agree w/ the others, the 1st is great. I like the sharpness of the bee as well as the range of colors in the flowers.

    C.

    Thanks! Not my normal style of shooting, but the sun light was changing too fast for me to mess with the camera and chase that bee...
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