Work in Progress, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8690
Back in October of 2020, I was in the process of rebuilding my flash diffuser and had reached a beta stage for the new version where I thought I had the form down, but needed to try it out to verify it worked both with the normal lens and with the MP-E65mm - including the MP-E at 1:1 mag where it is around 100 mm in length all the way out to 5:1 where the length of the lens instead is around 250 mm which moves the point which needs to be lit quite significantly.
With autumn already here, the selection of models to shoot this way was rapidly disappearing in Stockholm, Sweden as everything was preparing for winter, but I found this female marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) which posed helpfully on a yellow flower.
I like the diffusion from this one (this is at 2:1 mag), but perhaps I should've set the flash to have slightly more power?
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50452765606/
A portrait shot of it at 3.9:1 magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50511036147/
Work in Progress, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8690
Back in October of 2020, I was in the process of rebuilding my flash diffuser and had reached a beta stage for the new version where I thought I had the form down, but needed to try it out to verify it worked both with the normal lens and with the MP-E65mm - including the MP-E at 1:1 mag where it is around 100 mm in length all the way out to 5:1 where the length of the lens instead is around 250 mm which moves the point which needs to be lit quite significantly.
With autumn already here, the selection of models to shoot this way was rapidly disappearing in Stockholm, Sweden as everything was preparing for winter, but I found this female marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) which posed helpfully on a yellow flower.
I like the diffusion from this one (this is at 2:1 mag), but perhaps I should've set the flash to have slightly more power?
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50452765606/
A portrait shot of it at 3.9:1 magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50511036147/