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Instagram Macros

Started 7 months ago | Discussions thread
Todd Council New Member • Posts: 2
Re: Instagram Macros
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This is my first post to these forums, but I felt I could shed a little light, like a flash set at 1/16 power.

There are a couple of unique things happening to make the "hand-held 60 shot stack" possible.

First of all you have to have a cooperative subject. Some bugs just sit there. I have found that for me, shooting subjects I find at night while they are "sleeping" helps a lot. Here in Texas where it is still upper 70s (25C) in the morning I can't get the early morning dew covered bugs that they are shooting in more northern areas right now.

Secondly those guys are mostly shooting newer mirrorless cameras that do focus bracketing like the OM-1. I don't have that luxury yet, so I do a push stack where I focus on the front of my subject, set my camera to continuous shooting (Mid range), and hold the shutter release while slowly pushing the camera toward the subject. If I am lucky, I'll get a 5 to 10 shot stack.

Third thing is you need is QUICK recycle time on your flash. I shoot in manual with the Godox V860ii flash at 1/8 or 1/16 power. That gives a really fast recycle time. I do lose a lot of stack sets when the flash fails to pop mid set.

Some of the best advice I got recently came from a Podcast by Lee Hoy where he was talking about the difference between leading a birding tour and a bird photography tour. He was stressing that not every bird you encounter is a good subject for photography. However when you find that one that is cooperative, is holding still and the light is just right, go CRAZY. Shoot a few hundred or thousand images.

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