Island Capture (aka Silverph or psilver)
Macro test with flash
First time to successfully use flash for macro. External SB-600 flash in shoe. Image is flat... Must find a way to move flash away from camera body to the side. Natural light is best but this is better than not having sufficient light. Real macro flash like the R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System is also very good but costs a lot of money.
Handheld, 70-200mm VR 2.8@ f/10. The ISO is at 800 only because I failed to reset it back to 200! Don't consider the focal length since I use it to focus so it doesn't matter in this case. I try to get close as possible because the shorter the focal length, the closer I can focus. The beauty of this set up is that you can stay away if the subject is camera shy or get closer for near 1:1 image if possible.
Manual mode, I then set the aperture and shutter speed to almost ANYTHING i want then the flash compensates (flash priority? :P). In this case, I set it to f/10 @ 1/250th of a second. I also tried 1/350th of a second and I STILL got the same exposure. Pretty neat!
Macro test with flash
First time to successfully use flash for macro. External SB-600 flash in shoe. Image is flat... Must find a way to move flash away from camera body to the side. Natural light is best but this is better than not having sufficient light. Real macro flash like the R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System is also very good but costs a lot of money.
Handheld, 70-200mm VR 2.8@ f/10. The ISO is at 800 only because I failed to reset it back to 200! Don't consider the focal length since I use it to focus so it doesn't matter in this case. I try to get close as possible because the shorter the focal length, the closer I can focus. The beauty of this set up is that you can stay away if the subject is camera shy or get closer for near 1:1 image if possible.
Manual mode, I then set the aperture and shutter speed to almost ANYTHING i want then the flash compensates (flash priority? :P). In this case, I set it to f/10 @ 1/250th of a second. I also tried 1/350th of a second and I STILL got the same exposure. Pretty neat!