I shot those at f/5.6. I figure that if I need more light I can always add it the way I did before and the ring from the front will add fill.
Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >You'll find that eating up a lot of light is _not_ an issue with macro >work. I've sometimes had trouble reducing the light enough on my >Pentax ring light, especially if I want shallow DoF. >On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On my way to the city I stopped at ephoto (the local importers of >cheap chinese photo gear) to pick up a set of barn doors for my studio >strobe. >> >> While I was there I splurged on one of those $30 adapters to turn a >speed light into a ring light. It eats up a lot of light, but seems to >do a decent job. These are some quick and dirty macros of the mushrooms >in my front yard: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628496367789/ >> >> Summary: I'd rather have a real ring light strobe, but for $30 vs >$300, it'll work for now. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > >-- >-bmw > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
