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codex0
20th of July 2008 (Sun), 11:37
Hey all - this was my first time shooting stuff like this. Comments/advice appreciated - thanks for looking! :)

[smugmug appears to be having some technical issues - not sure if these will be up immediately]

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335090370_nHesa-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335089656_z9PRM-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335086889_APqbk-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335090845_dhhno-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335090510_L9ebw-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335088920_vv2iL-L.jpg

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http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/335089768_ttsTJ-L.jpg
sheckells27
20th of July 2008 (Sun), 12:10
Red X's here..
4g63photo
20th of July 2008 (Sun), 13:37
No pictures for me either.
codex0
20th of July 2008 (Sun), 14:12
Sorry - smugmug's servers are down. Hopefully they'll be back up later today.
codex0
20th of July 2008 (Sun), 19:48
The photos are finally back up - thanks again for looking.
LordV
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 00:33
Excellent series of shots - wonderful light and compositions
Brian V.
MrKz
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 10:35
CoOoOoOoL
striving
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 15:19
Fantastic set! All nicely sharp and great settings.
MacroStu
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 15:22
Nice series Good Job!
troypiggo
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 15:26
Really, really good. Like the lighting, especially... no, wait - all of them!

What's your gear - lens, flash, diffusers etc?
codex0
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 15:34
Thanks for all the comments :D



What's your gear - lens, flash, diffusers etc?

All shot with a 20D, Sigma 70-200 2.8 on 56mm of Kenko tubes (I think, it may have been 48). I think the EXIF is still intact - I had the camera on fully manual, and they should be fairly consistent (ISO 200, f8, 1/250-1/500). I used a Sigma 500 DG Super on the hotshoe with a stofen diffuser (pointed directly forward), manually set at 1/16 power.
troypiggo
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 22:33
Well that's awesome. I guess you're far enough away that the on-camera flash still hit the subjects. Manual flash though - that's interesting. I started looking into trying manual flash, but started getting a little difficult when the subject (bug) is 150mm from front of lens. I think even 1/64 power is too much. Decided E-TTL best.
codex0
21st of July 2008 (Mon), 23:47
I'd say for most of them I was between 1 and 2 feet away, sometimes a little closer. Because I had my exposure locked and was thinking of the flash as fill, as long as I stayed reasonably consistent with my distance the manual flash setting worked fine. 1-2 feet would be the difference of a stop of fill (which the constant ambient would then be added to).
dpastern
24th of July 2008 (Thu), 06:37
Excellent set - very good for first attempts, well done.

Dave