Madhav Jois
Life support
It was tough to capture this scene. Rather than using the ambient light, I decided to use flash light.
After setting up the camera and kit lens on the tripod, I asked my cousin to trigger the flash as soon as he hears the shutter sound (I use a low cost Achiever flash. No metering and no wireless trigger :) ). Camera was in manual mode and set to ISO 100, f18, 1/2 shutters.
We tried a lot of flash angles and finally decided to stay underneath the leaf. This rendered the trunk details as well as the leaf perfectly with minimal shadow.
Life support
It was tough to capture this scene. Rather than using the ambient light, I decided to use flash light.
After setting up the camera and kit lens on the tripod, I asked my cousin to trigger the flash as soon as he hears the shutter sound (I use a low cost Achiever flash. No metering and no wireless trigger :) ). Camera was in manual mode and set to ISO 100, f18, 1/2 shutters.
We tried a lot of flash angles and finally decided to stay underneath the leaf. This rendered the trunk details as well as the leaf perfectly with minimal shadow.