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Butterfly and Dragonfly

Started Jul 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
saaber1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,164
Re: Butterfly and Dragonfly

Looking good.  The two butterfly ones (some others also possibly) u may want to try adding in-camera flash (if it has) or handheld flash in optical slave mode along with internal flash.  That may add lots of detail even at a low fill flash level.  Personally I don't like the look where the flash is supplying 100% of the light (aperture/shutter/iso speed set to eliminate any ambient light) because I think it looks too artificial on insects/hummingbirds, etc. but fill flash can add a lot of detail (just personal preference, someone else might like that very detailed but artificial look).

I do recognize though that different people have different opinions on whether a flash can damage the insects eyes and I don't know enough about it to say it does or doesn't I only say that photographically it may help.

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