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Location: Farm dam near Durbanville
Description: Here is another Vertorama from Saturday morning’s misty sunrise. It’s not nearly as dramatic as the first one that I processed from that morning, but in my opinion the soft diffused light and gorgeous pastel dawn colours easily make up for it.
Gosh, this D300 takes incredibly beautiful photographs!! Just look at the detail and clarity in those foreground pebbles… too gorgeous for words!!
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Equipment: Nikon D300 (Sigma 10-20mm)
Date: June 2008
i'm always trying different material out to get my flashlight nice and soft , here's one example ...more to come.
What are you guys using for Macro ?
I'm always forgetting that there's a glow to traditional IR photots that have been shot on film. This is an old shot that's been reprocessed for the diffused glow. See the original here: www.flickr.com/photos/static808/202562459/
Low tide was at noon in Portugal when we were there, the worst time for photography. However, I promised myself to go for these great waders. An alternative title could be "please, some water.. "
I got a question from someone about the blurred background: Trust me, no artificial blurring or whatsoever. Just some sharpening and colorcorrection.
I found this semi-active Yellow Legged Mining Bee early in the morning and photographed it as it woke up. Image taken in situ.
Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1 FEC. This is a single frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Photo AI and Clarity in that order.
Camera : Nikon D700
Lens : Nikkor AFS-105mm Micro
Conversion Lens : Raynox DCR 250
Flash : Nikon SB700
Diffuser : Macro Diffuser
I saw this Neon Cuckoo Bee hanging on to the end of a reed either asleep or soon to be asleep. I think I disturbed it in taking this photo, but after I left the reed it was on alone it settled down again.
-Gear and Settings-
Fujifilm X-T3 w/ Laowa 60mm Ultra Macro at ~1x magnification.
f8, SS 1/250, ISO 400
Lit with the kit flash diffused by paper mounted on the lens.
Lightly cropped and edited in CaptureOne with additional edits in Photoshop.
This post describes a simple flash diffuser solution I've been using a lot lately as a complement to my regular beauty dish style diffuser. The basic concept is nothing new: the diffuser is attached to the front end of the lens and wraps around the subject creating the equivalent of a small light tent.
This type of diffuser is sometimes referred to as "cup diffuser" since the main component is usually some sort of white plastic cup (Stephen was the first I saw describing this idea so I consider him to be the inventor).
Besides giving an extremely even and soft light this type of diffuser has another benefit since it makes it easier to get a well exposed background. A common problem with flash macro photography is that while the main subject is easy to expose properly, the background – being far away from the light source in relation to the foreground – becomes relatively dark or black (and if you expose for the background the main subject is over exposed or blown out). This becomes less of a problem with cup diffusers since the diffuser also acts as a shade, reducing the intensity of light hitting the main subject and thereby compensating for the fact that it's much closer to the light source than the background (which is lit by light coming from the flash directly).
I've been using this type of diffuser for at least a year or so but there are a couple of things that I've found inconvenient:
• Different lenses need different ways of mounting the diffuser. If it has a good fit on one lens, chances are it will fit badly on other lenses.
• Switching between diffusers is fiddly. I often want to be able to quickly switch between this type of diffuser and a beautydish style diffuser attached to the flash (better for skittish bugs and sometimes gives a more dynamic (less flat) light).
• Closely related to the previous point: mounting/unmounting the diffuser takes time. You either have to pack the gear with the diffuser attached (which often takes a lot of room in the camera bag) or spend precious time in the field mounting/unmounting it. And of course moving the diffuser from one lens to another becomes troublesome to the point where it might even put you off switching lenses.
• As you use this type of diffuser in the field they are often subject to quite rough treatment. Some solutions I've tried has worn out in a few hours.
The solution I've arrived at works by using several different small mounts, customized for each lens but with a standard fit for the protruding "light tent" part (referred to as the tent from now on). The mounts can be left permanently on the lens without interfering with different types of diffusers or making packing the equipment difficult. With the mount in place the tents can be mounted/unmounted using one hand in the matter of seconds. It's also very easy to make new tents if the old get worn or if you want a smaller/larger or differently shaped one.
Obviously this idea can be implemented in many different ways and the one I'm showing here is just one that happened to suit my needs in terms of size, diffuser material properties and availability.
Cloudy sunrise seascape with waves and rocks at Killcare Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
This ice carving should represent the Viking sailing and what not. For me, though, it looks like small crocodile from animation movies. You can see the skin structure carved, nose stretching from the viewer and small hands on the sides.
What crocodile is doing in Sweden and even worse in winter, I don't know :)
Taken from a mountain top near Udaipur. Due to the haze in India the sunsets tended to always be quite diffuse, but beautiful in their own way.
Incapaz de recuperar mi antigua cuenta de flickr, no me queda otro remedio que volver a subir alguna de las fotografías que más me gustaron.
Si no recuerdo mal, utilizaría el canon 50/1.4 FD
Every year I get sort of dragged into autumn and winter, holding on to, the warm temperatures, the long days, the colorful leaves, dry weather, whatever, but slowly but surely this all fades away. Feels like a loss at times. But then, when the temperatures really drop and daylight gets super sparse, ths sky becomes colorful again, and it's time, for the sunset hunting season. Even though this was more a lucky shot on my way back home.
Nikon D750 (full frame / FX) + MB-D16
Minolta MD ROKKOR 50mm f/1.7 prime
Fotodiox Pro MD - Nik adapter
ISO100, 50mm, f/8, 1/1600sec (-1EV)
single photo, manual, handheld