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E-PL5 + 60mm macro practice

Started Jan 30, 2013 | Discussions thread
Guy Parsons
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Re: E-PL5 + 60mm macro practice

Peter 1745 wrote:

Guy,

Nice macro shot. I too am currently playing practising with my 60mm macro and off camera flash.

I hope you don't mind if pick your brains about your technique.

Did you use the flash TTL (with/without compensation) or did you go for manual control?

TTL no compensation, RC control, not so much interested in correct exposure this time as seeing the depth of field etc at various apertures, to me the f/11 one looked best as it left the rear screw just a little blurred - somehow looked better than having all of them in focus.

The shine off the stainless steel screws really pushed the white paper to grey, but looks OK to me. If I were to be serious about shooting shiny objects like this I should have used a dulling spray, and/or used a light tent (which I happen to have).

With flash, when being careful, I always go Manual camera mode to set ISO/shutter/aperture to what I want.

What do you do about white balance? I must admit I tend to leave it on auto and use Lightroom to adjust it if the image looks wrong.

Auto WB and fix it later. Most times the image looks better when WB adjusted to a bit on the warm side.

I need to get out and about with the 60mm to see how it works for real scenery in daylight. That plus chase insects.

Regards....... Guy

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