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Philippines, Southern Visayas route with the Philippine Siren

Started Oct 13, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP Barmaglot_07 Contributing Member • Posts: 633
Re: Philippines, Southern Visayas route with the Philippine Siren

kelpdiver wrote:

on the super macro, your best bet may be to actually flip the strobes to point at you. just remember to close your eyes or look elsewhere. Mike at Crystal Blue has written a few articles on this. The other gimmick I first heard from him is to use small handheld light in the sand to backlight or even sidelight the subject. Then there is the snoot stuff, but that strikes me a great way to frustrate the hell out of oneself - save that for after you're bored with the normal?

Thanks, I tried pointing the strobes toward camera this morning with some of the smaller subjects; the results were encouraging. Couldn't get them directly behind the subject though, it was more like above and behind, pointing down at about a 45 degree angle, and angled in at maybe 30 degrees.

Regarding snoots - a Retra LSD is on my roadmap, but I don't feel that I'm anywhere near ready for one; maybe in a year or two when I get more practice shooting normal macro. Fortunately Retra Pro strobes (should be shipping any day now!) have a center-mounted modeling light and a ring flash around it, so aiming should be simplified.

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