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This isn't my regular kind of post here.😉 I just want to share with you my helping lights for macro photography. I watched a video last month of this tip and wanted to try it myself. It worked indoor for my last photos but I want to use it for outdoors. I used here a velcro wrap tie and some cheap mini led flashlight keychains an wrapped around my heavy used Canon 100mm f/2.8 lens. You can turn on/off the ones you need, add more lights or rotate the band around the lens to adjust the light position. Well, it worked for me and I'll post some macro photos from outdoors soon, too windy and cold now!!! (I already have a ring flash, too.)
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Fred had previously flown in with this large branch. I watched while both Fred and Ginger worked together and placed it on the nest. When Ginger flew down for a bite, Fred decided it needed to be rearranged.
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1 Crumbling Wall with pre cut hole.
I sheet of corrugated metal.
1 can green paint.
1 can brown paint.
1 Sharpie.
HWW!
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM
Asi se queda finalmente.
Asi se queda finalmente. El disco central es del mismo diametro del fondo (12cm) y esta a unos 5 cm de este. Para obtener una luz mas difusa, el zoom del flash lo tengo puesto al maximo (105mm
Asi se queda finalmente. El disco central es del mismo diametro del fondo (12cm) y esta a unos 5 cm de este. Para obtener una luz mas difusa, el zoom del flash lo tengo puesto al maximo (105mm)
One of our irrigation system water valves decided to flow water even when the system was turned off and that's not ideal. I did get lucky and was able to replace just the upper valve body and diaphragm and that fixed it. Replacing the whole valve would have been a nightmare involving lots of shovel time for my poor wife. 8)
I did have some excitement here as I was head down in here working in our 375 degree heat when an alligator lizard darted across my hand and I thought I was snakebit for a second. Whee.
DIY Headband! A very cute headband with paper flowers attached.. By Request of our very own Whisper Mizin.
District 5 starts tomorrow and geek. is in the Indie District!
<3 All original mesh & can be found in 8 diff colors. One shown in pic is with black & white comics look :3
geek. <3
My first attempt at the DIY Bokeh wall. Leather rose on granite with crumpled aluminium foil as the wall.
40 year old classical guitar. I've used this angle a couple of times before with an acoustic but I tried it with a homemade gobo this time.
Sometimes, you've gotta buff your own train. Here's my A447 sitting on the Dixie siding while we wait for Neenah yard to clear up for us. No, the gp9 was not for power, just tagging along for the ride to Green Bay. Some junk bonga is back there in the train running DP and wasting my time.
Taking 447 up the Fox is the last bit of my territory that PTC isn't in effect and we run big trains fast. You don't realize how much you use the box until it isn't available to you, and I'm grateful to get the opportunity to "really railroad" every once in awhile.
A trip to DIY store, B&Q, often brings opportunities for a selfie! Here's the base of a table lamp, beautifully reflective for the Sunday Selfie group!
Visit my website at akikorhonen.org for more projects, thanks!
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My DIY ringflash that I've been doing for the last few days.
(Photo, starting from top left) Description
(1) I started with a 24 cm diameter steel bown and a normal food can.
(2) Added some tape on the bowl and drew the cutting lines with the can as a guide.
(3) Bottom from the bowl and can removed. I also shortened the cat a little bit. I first drilled a hole on the bottom of the bowl and then cut the metal with metal cutters.
(4) The two parts connected with strong epoxy that was meant for metals.
(5) Hole for the flash made and few connecting holes drilled. Also the needed aluminum parts are cut and bent in shape.
(6) The bottom part covered with black hockey tape. In the photo it has a Manfrotto quick attachment plate on it. Also has a hole for attaching it to the tripod mount of the camera.
(7) The top part where the flash is attached. Made some holes for the DIY TTL flash cord.
(8) I added some plastic parts for the flash hole to make it look nicer and to prevent light from escaping too much. Next I added some putty to finish it (wasn't necessary but I got too carried away again with the building).
(9) Putty and the bowl fully sanded and waiting for some gray primer and matte black finish.
(10) Painted and finished. Added some black hockey tape on the can's edge to prevent it from scratching the camera.
(11) Close up of the flash hole. A little bit of aluminum foil tape on the inside and black hockey tape on the edge.
(12) White thin fabric streched and being glued on the edges to get some diffusion to the light. There is a rubber band holding the fabric to the can.
See the finished righflash:
* DIY ringflash finished, without camera
* DIY ringflash finished, with camera
Cost: bowl 3€, can 0€, aluminum 1€ + some extra costs from paints etc. but I'm not going to count them to the total. Cheap anyway.
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