Here's an example of using the Lepp outfit on the shoulder pod with the T-28
twins:
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1108.jpg
Yeah, I know there's a scratch on the slide, and I didn't bother to "fix" it.
It's a quick and dirty scan, but it should illustrate that a two-flash setup is
better than the flat light of a ring flash.
Walt, the bug blinder
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dean Hansen <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
> As the OM list's resident entomologist (I presume--is there another
> one?), I suggest shying away from using a ring flash with insects in the
> wild--the shadow-less lighting may not be the best, and a ring flash can
> leave really unnatural C-shaped reflections if the insect's body surface
> is shiny. There was a horrible example of this on the cover of the
> journal Science a few years ago--the shot was of several shiny ants, and
> each ant had glaring white C-shaped markings on its body from the ring
> flash. (Ahh, not that any of my macro shots have made the cover of
> Science,,,,,,,)
> I have used two T20's on a Lepp II Dual Flash Bracket. This allows
> for placing the flashes behind the front of the lens, something that the
> T28 Twin mounting ring (yes, the hard one to find) doesn't do.
> Unfortunately, the Lepp II bracket is no longer made, and I haven't seen
> any on our auction site.
> I posted an explanation of my macro set-up for shooting butterflies
> a couple years ago. Here I use a single T32 mounted off-camera on a
> Bogen Magic Arm. This set-up works very well for butterflies, even the
> smallest ones, and it also works well for many other insects and
> spiders. I have to get to my old computer, now disconnected, to find
> this posting; sorry.
> Dean (aka Wetbugs)
>
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