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My Macro Setup
Topic Started: Jan 29 2008, 10:19 PM (1,416 Views)
Birder
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I think it will be better to start a thread on this..

Here is my flash with tubular diffuser. Still under experimental stage...

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C&C (on setup, not picture pls) welcome! :lol:
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Here is my setup for the last few photos . House downstairs ok la , cannot bring this whole lot out to play ... People see liao sure laugh ! :sweat:

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Not so practical to use especially windy and got bushes around ... The tip of the DIY card always knocking on the bushes ... But the results are good , as least good to what i see . :P

Still working out ... :banana:
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Do you get flare when the flash bounce towards your lens?
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This was the very last setup i used . I do not know how to see flare , but is it the over-exposed part in the photo ?

The flash will be pointing straight up when using , this picture is just for illustration only .
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Jan 29 2008, 10:29 PM
This was the very last setup i used . I do not know how to see flare , but is it the over-exposed part in the photo ?

How to explain .. It's like avoiding taking a flash photo facing a glass directly lor ..
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Jan 29 2008, 10:19 PM
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By using this tubular thing ... Does it means flash light will be more balanced ?
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Jan 29 2008, 10:32 PM
How to explain .. It's like avoiding taking a flash photo facing a glass directly lor ..

... Did you see any Flare on my insect photos ? :huh:
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:lol: that's one mighty huge diffuser!

so large and white, ppl will ask you - is that a Canon? :lol:
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Jan 29 2008, 10:29 PM
This was the very last setup i used . I do not know how to see flare , but is it the over-exposed part in the photo ?

The flash will be pointing straight up when using , this picture is just for illustration only .

Hi Ming,

This is an example of flare:

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So this is Flare ! Then i have to say my photos totally no Flare lor . :P

But sometimes got Flare looked nice too , can purposely make flare or not ? :lol:
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