drkstang00 Senior Member  339 posts Joined Mar 2008 Location: 757, VA More info | Apr 20, 2008 09:18 | #1 All of the outdoor macro shot's (insects/flowers/dew drops) I've done so far have been using natural light shooting in AV mode, but the sun's not always working with me. So I got a Novoflex flash bracket to let me use my 430EX to assist with lighting. 40D | 300 f/4L IS | 70-200 f/4L | 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 | 85 f/1.8 | 30 f/1.4 EX | 60 f/2.8 Macro | Canon 1.4x TC | Kenko tubes | 430EX
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Apr 20, 2008 09:51 | #2 I use M at or below the sync speed with the flash on ETTL around f11/16.If you do a search for posts by 'Lord V, and Curtiss that should answer the question better than I can. Chris
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P.  More info | Apr 20, 2008 10:14 | #3 I use M, too. FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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Roach711 Senior Member  717 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2004 Location: Farmington Hills, MI USA More info | My macro setup is 20D in Manual mode, 100mm Canon macro, 420EX flash with Lightsphere II diffuser. ---------------
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Greg_C Cream of the Crop  More info | Apr 21, 2008 04:02 | #5 I'm full manual all the time with Macro. I usually start at about F11 and ISO400 and then adjust the shutter down as low as I can, balancing between camera shake and good exposure. A lot of the time I use a tripod so I can get to quite slow shutter speeds - see second example. If my shutter speed starts to get too low I then bump up the ISO. Greg
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Thanks for the info guys! 40D | 300 f/4L IS | 70-200 f/4L | 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 | 85 f/1.8 | 30 f/1.4 EX | 60 f/2.8 Macro | Canon 1.4x TC | Kenko tubes | 430EX
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Apr 21, 2008 18:03 | #7 Greg_C wrote in post #5372042  I'm full manual all the time with Macro. I usually start at about F11 and ISO400 and then adjust the shutter down as low as I can, balancing between camera shake and good exposure. A lot of the time I use a tripod so I can get to quite slow shutter speeds - see second example. If my shutter speed starts to get too low I then bump up the ISO. Most, if not all of the time I want the flash to be fill so I use -ve FEC, usually about -1. My MR-14 RIng Flash is not diffused so -ve FEC helps a lot to prevent bright spots on shiny insects. If I use a 580 or 430 on a bracket it'll be diffused with a softbox. Here are some recent examples of mine. Canon 100mm 1/160 s at F 10.00 with ISO 400 430EX -2 FEC (laying on the ground) https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=481443 Canon 180mm 1/60 s at F 18.00 with ISO 160 + MR-14 Ring Lite from a tripod -2 FEC https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=474140 Canon 180mm 1/200 s at F 11.00 with ISO 800 + MR-14 Ring Lite -2 FEC https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=477476 Canon 180mm 1/160 s at F 10.00 with ISO 400 + MR-14 Ring Lite -1/3 FEC https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=481457 Canon 180mm 1/125 s at F 9.00 with ISO 400 + MR-14 Ring Lite -1 FEC https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=458386 These are beautiful! Amazing photos!! 40D | 300 f/4L IS | 70-200 f/4L | 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 | 85 f/1.8 | 30 f/1.4 EX | 60 f/2.8 Macro | Canon 1.4x TC | Kenko tubes | 430EX
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