That's a good tip, Tiwarijee. You are also lucky to have someone hold your reflectors for you unlike us types.
Reducing flash intensity by using white cloth hoods over the flash can also be a compromise perhaps? cheers --- On Tue, 8/2/11, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: From: satyendra tiwari <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Use of Flash in photographing butterflies / insects To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 9:47 PM I dont use flash at all in butterfly photography. While going through my previous slides i found that use of reflecter also produces very good results. any thing can be used as a reflector I have used white Towel and produced fantastic results without loosing any colour or making scales unnecessarily shining. Satyendra K.Tiwari Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist & Tour Leader H.No 129, P.O.Tala. Distt Umaria M.P. India Pin code 484-661 Tel. No. 07627-265309 day time phone only From: Min Sb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 2 August, 2011 9:21:40 PM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Use of Flash in photographing butterflies / insects basically damage of the eyes due to a PROLONGED exposure to very bright light ocures in the central highly sensitive area on the inner curtain of the eye[RETINA] known as MACULA.the macula exists only in the highly developed animals like humans. insect eyes are poorly developed and mostly compound . so their vision is also extremely poor and probably will be detecting crude movements in the vicinity if at all they can.their senses rely on many other factors like sense of vibrations, heat , movements etc. so i dont think there will be any effect on vision as such of any insect due to light exposure of flash ! --- On Mon, 8/1/11, SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> wrote: From: SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Use of Flash in photographing butterflies / insects To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 4:21 PM hello all, We were having a little discussion on our HOPE e-group on whether use of flash can cause temporary blinding / permanent damage to the eyes of butterflies / insects. As we all know, the camera manuals strictly advise against using it directly into human faces -especially children One of the members, Rasika Joshi, could find only the following link on the subject on the net: http://photo.net/nature-photography-forum/005pkD We would welcome receiving some specific scientific information on the subject if available. -shyam ghate -- Enjoy
