Wow, the "Walt bug portrait lighting" almost exactly describes
what I did with this image (Canon equipment, ring flash + off-camera
430EX). His butterfly image is beautiful though!
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/073/1/6/Poised_to_Soar_by_philosomatographer.jpg
Anyway, I forget the brand of the softbox (it's at home, and I have
only had it for
two days so far, got it as part of Clay's donation) but it attaches to
the flash using Velcro, and
if you fiddle with it you can get a substantial down-angle, like 30
degrees, right above the lens,
so it's very convenient for Macro. Not as convenient as the twin
flash, but I have no way of
properly fixing the twin flash to the filter-ring-less 20mm f/3.5 lens
at this stage, will have
to make some other plan there.
On 19 Aug 2009, at 10:49 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Dawid,
>
> Wonder what softbox you used?
> Sometimes I like to use the T28 for critters on a Lepp bracket to
> simulate the "Walt bug portriat lighting."
> The sidlighting really brings out the texuture in butterfly wings. I
> often run out of light with the Z 135 with the increased working
> distance at ISO 100 and typically use a 90mm macro lens with that
> set-up or 400 film. I may try substituting a T32 for one of the T28
> lights for some extra umph. A T32 with a nice light modifier is much
> simpler and it can be directed down ?15 deg.
>
> http://www.millennics.com/olympus/tope/tope_show_entry.php?event=8&pic=5
>
> Mike
>
> I hand-held this lens by putting it on a 65-116 auto tube, and using a
> T32 flash firing into
> a soft box. Very compact setup, I must say. I am most impressed how,
> with the right focusing screens,
> you can focus this lens even stopped down to f/11, without modeling
> lights, at such high magnifications.
>
> I'm going to have fun with this lens. Thanks Clay!
> Dawid
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