The damselfly thread

[boipevassu]

Originally Posted by macro junkie

another tip for u..
its impossible to get rid of highlights but pretty easy to bring exposure back up in raw..for this reason me and dalantech shoot our shots 1-2 stops under exposed..i then bring exposure back up in raw...under exposing causes colour to saturate more..if u have 10 mins spare give it a try next time.
have u got 2x gary fong diffusers on your flash heads?your using mt-24ex right?

Am using MR14-EX not the two heads - shooting with ringflash. They are diffused - but only as they come, nothing added. Not sure how easy that would be.

Will add that tip into the mix next time I'm out. I usually underexpose by about a stop outside of the macro field and bring back the light in RAW as you said. I have been finding that doing it in the macro range increases the noise if you go too far.

Are you also reducing the flash settings in manual or working ETTL?

[macro junkie]

Originally Posted by boipevassu

Am using MR14-EX not the two heads - shooting with ringflash. They are diffused - but only as they come, nothing added. Not sure how easy that would be.

Will add that tip into the mix next time I'm out. I usually underexpose by about a stop outside of the macro field and bring back the light in RAW as you said. I have been finding that doing it in the macro range increases the noise if you go too far.

Are you also reducing the flash settings in manual or working ETTL?

yer your right..thats whats called "colour noise" caused by not enough light hitting the background...alot of people including me use noisewhere professional before sharpening and changing levels..i use it even when im at iso100...take look at this macrojunkie's deviantART Journal

i change fec on the flash if i want to change exposure..im nornally at either -1/2 -2/3 or 0..somtimes im using +1/3 fec.

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taken last year with my old rig..nikon d50 and either sigma 105mm or 50mm..it was a good rig.somthing i havent managed this year yet is demoiselle.i was looking at my gallery and saw this pics i havent seen sinse last year..and seem as tho i havent shot these this year i think they are worth posting.there so pretty

Camera:Nikon D50
Exposure:0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture:f/7.1
Focal Length:50 mm
Exposure Bias:0/6 EV








demoiselle - damselflies home..this is about 2 mins walk from my back garden

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taken yesterday

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