Picture Zealot
Macro setup
My macro setup for the coffee bean pictures.
The main feature is the light diffuser, a milk jug. Under that I have various objects to raise the height of the subject by varying amounts. I need to stick the light meter in there beforehand to get a reading.
Lens is Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro (non Image Stabilization). The hood on it here. I have a Tamron 1.4x converter on it on this shot but didn't need it for the four beans. Not as sharp as lens by itself.
Stupid broken tripod is used. It's great but broken in three places and I can't afford another one. I have another broken tripod too.
Primary Canon flash at about 10 o'clock trying to point down. I found I needed to make this light source a little bigger/softer so I used the Lumniquest diffuser at the far left. Quantaray slave flash is at half power of the main straight across at 3 o'clock.
Macro setup
My macro setup for the coffee bean pictures.
The main feature is the light diffuser, a milk jug. Under that I have various objects to raise the height of the subject by varying amounts. I need to stick the light meter in there beforehand to get a reading.
Lens is Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro (non Image Stabilization). The hood on it here. I have a Tamron 1.4x converter on it on this shot but didn't need it for the four beans. Not as sharp as lens by itself.
Stupid broken tripod is used. It's great but broken in three places and I can't afford another one. I have another broken tripod too.
Primary Canon flash at about 10 o'clock trying to point down. I found I needed to make this light source a little bigger/softer so I used the Lumniquest diffuser at the far left. Quantaray slave flash is at half power of the main straight across at 3 o'clock.