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The next step to improving light leakage was to make, out of black fabric, a sleeve to go over the hole in the side of the box and a skirt around the base. I'd noticed that my diffuser didn't quite sit flush onto the back of the camera so the skirt helped with that.
Slight revisit to an older shot seeing as the rain is refusing to let up...
Diffused slightly in Photoshop then soft brush and quick mask to bring back the centre, Upped the saturation probably about 30-40 points cranked up the contrast slightly, Raised gamma and tone a little unsharp mask and to finish neat image noise reduction.
Viola over cooked but i like it :o)
Araneae, Salticidae, Evarcha falcata - subadult male.
If you want to check your home-made diffuser's reflections, the best idea is to shoot a jumping spider from frontal view. Their eyes are the best bulging mirrors in the world of arthropods.
Canon EOS 5D + Canon MP-E 65/2.8 + Minolta T-2400 twin flash + DIY diffusers (slightly cropped)
A number of images in my photo archive were taken using this cheap flash diffuser and the camera's pop-up flash. The plastic dish is from a Marie Callender "Fresh Flavor Steamer" frozen dinner. Here it's rigged up as a kind of soft-box or shoot-through flash diffuser for using with the pop up flash on the camera. Behind the dish is a Nikon D40. The arms of the support bracket are screwed to the tripod mount of the camera with a knob having a 1/4-20 thread. Reading lights are used to support clips for holding the dish. I don't need or use the lights... just the "goose-neck" material and the light's mounting clips. The primary lens is a Nikon 70-210mm zoom AF lens, with the focus locked at infinity with the green rubber band. The lens with the silver barrel peeking out of the lens shade is the "common objective" from a junk American Optical "Cycloptic" stereo microscope (NOT reversed). Focusing is done manually, simply by moving the rig forward and backward and shooting as the subject passes through the zone of maximum sharpness.
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NOTE: This early version of my macro set-up has been replaced with an updated rig using a cut-down, lens-mounted diffuser, and a bracket using threaded rods to support reflector cards. The diffuser and reflector cards can be used separately, or together depending upon your lighting requirements.
mk1 beauty dish diffuser. A Christmas pudding plastic bowl, some alu foil, end of a large millicano coffee can turned into a slight cone. and some fishing line
Taken for a Black and White challenge, this is a scented diffuser stick set and backlit using my maglite
Around twelve exposures were taken in bulb mode and blended in photoshop.
Week 13 in 52 Weeks for Dogs. This picture is shot through a cardboard tube held on the end of the lens, then I added textures by pareeerica and Kim Klassen, and ran an action by Isabelle Lafrance
Song title: Breathe, dream, pray, love ~ The Rankin Family
Happy Easter everyone!
This is a rim light test comparing 3 different light modifiers. The Alienbees Silver 7" Reflector, a 20" soft box and an 8" x 36" strip box. I wanted side by side results to see which work best for my needs. I am a little disappointed they are so similar. I would have thought a bigger difference would have been visible.
Strobist info: Shot with one Alienbees B400 at 1/2 power and my Canon T3i at f/8, 1/200, ISO100.
I have the same test but with the diffusers installed here: www.flickr.com/photos/mattr762/8259930558/in/photostream
I had thought of purchasing a Gary Fong Light-sphere Diffuser, for my Canon 480EX Flash; however, these cost in the region of £40.
The Sto-Fen OM-EW Omni Bounce Flash Diffuser works reasonably well, but for Macro and Portraiture, I still found it a little harsh.
The addition of the Sainsbury's Milk carton really works wonders.
Well, how well does it work; take a look!
The clouds were too thick to contemplate setting up the telescope so just set up the Canon 600D on the tripod...
Thrilled we captured a few shots considering the inclement weather!
This is a DIY diffuser that I made for my earlier workshop back in 2005.
The material used was some PVC piping and some cloth thingines that used for some curtain materials thingies oso!
Total cost: can't remeber, but I remembered that it is less than RM80.00 all in (inclusive paying a tailor to sew it, He was very confused when first heard about the project lah ahahahahaha)
I have an assistant now (2009), but back then I had to use passerby to become my lightstand holder assistant (it's a good experience for them oso as they can oogle at them models up close *winks*)
This was a development of Alex Wild's Tracing paper diffuser, using a waterproof material. From this I then developed the cup diffuser as a more compact diffuser that could be fitted into smaller gaps in the vegetation.
My DIY macro flash diffuser, which is simply a plastic plate with a semicircle cut out, attached to the lens hood of my Tamron 90 macro.
Banded Hairstreak Butterfly photo made with an anisotropic diffused effect added using the Ribbet Fly website
Rollei 35 Classic Titan
Sonnar 40mm f2.8
Ilford HP5Plus EI250
HC-110B 5min @20° in Jobo1520
Essential film holder
DSLR scan
Negative Lab Pro
Here you can see the cone in situ. You can also see that it does a pretty rotten job of preventing light leakage. This amount of leakage would fog any photographic paper placed anywhere near it. We need a new plan.
Tropical flower, Hibiscus, on soft background with bokeh.
Texture used: Bokeh 01 by Alex Edgar www.flickr.com/photos/alexedg/2661904495/in/album-7215760...
Found at Ecolodge Itororó reserve, in/near Nova Friburgo municipality in state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil.
I think this might be a male Arnoliseus carioca. This species has cute C-shaped cheliceral apophyses.
Single exposure, significantly cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Taken in Port Greville, Nova Scotia, this caterpillar was found on a well-past-its-prime wild rose. It remained motionless during the time I spent getting several pix. After about an hour of shooting down along the shore a bit I returned to this location and found that it hadn't moved, seeming to be "frozen" in one position. It wouldn't even twitch when poked with a bit of grass. Nikkor-H 85mm, Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968), with the front cell from a junk Soligor 450mm lens reverse mounted on the Isco. Nikon SB-20 flash popped through a homemade diffuser.
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