GillR wrote:
I'm obviously on a roll for getting "suggestions" not quite right today ....
Actually you had a valid point -it's just that particular flower. Bad enough that it's yellow and plays hell with the light meter, but at the end of the day it sometimes takes on a greenish cast. If the critters didn't like it I'd never photograph them cause it's like shooting in a room with a mix of florescent and tungsten lights -you just can't win...
You guys and your Canon MPE-65mms makes me wish Nikon would make something like that, but from what I hear, technique plays a huge factor in this type of work. I have a long way to go. Very nice!
LordV wrote:
...light looks oddly similar to a single flash shot ?
I had one flash head at 11 O'clock (using it like a key) and it was on a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe. So the light from it was hitting the hoverfly at an angle that mimicked the sun. The fill, at 2 O'clock, is the light source that looks like a flash (due to the angle).
You can see the two o'clock light reflected in the eye, but
only just. . . . incredible diffusion. (second image)
The eye is matt, but three dimensional.
