That's very good, Larry. You got excellent definition there. I'd hazard a guess that in this case the ring flash wouldn't have done any better, and possibly worse. The ring flash close up gives very non-directional light, and that would have caused the web to almost disappear by reducing the contrast on it. Your hard, directional light has made the fibers glint. It also looks a little harsh on the spider's body, but only a little and you could Ps that a bit.
On the ringlight you can counter the flatness by setting the L-R balance of the lights to 33/66 or 0/100 to get some direction back into the lighting, at least on the AF160 and the earlier model (AF140?). On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that this is the best, compositionally, from the set that made me > realize I need a real ring flash: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7953143868/ > > fourteen frames in the set: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631459539756/ > > Tamron 90/2.8 macro lens with various configurations of the AF540. Live View > and a monopod really seemed to help. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- -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.
