Photograph the bugs

 

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For one struck of photographic hunting macro, council following,equipments:reflex, objective 105\2,8

macro,two flash,one photoelectric cell, a cable to connect camera to the flash main.

The flash they must be possibly equal, the stirrup can be self madewith three sticks of aluminum screwed 

together, two support flash will be screws at the end of the same ones, on which they wil be grafts

the flashes.

Who is interests, the Manfrotto has in list a stirrup macro, the found ones to this address:

http://www.manfrotto.com/product/templates/templates.php3?sectionid=92&itemid=352

To use objective 105 millimetre instead that from 50 milimeter,concurs of to remain more far from 

butterfly, for which there are little possibility that they escape.

To direct the lights will be easier.

In macro the putting focus it is made manually, because first of all,it must set up the relationship of 

blowup (1:4,1:3,1:2, 1:1, 2:1, etc.).

On the lens, then all the block, must move it in ahead or behind to put to focus the subject, reflex+stirrup

macro and flash.

Other accessory very important from used with support is the slips micrometric,on which the reflex screws,

all goes attacked to upport, slips it concurs you to make to advance or to withdraws the block body

machine and objective of 20 cm without to move the support.

In outside we have two possibility "to construct" our photography,the first one it is of having to the

shoulders of the subject a black background, the other of having the colours f the country.

For having the black set we must use times of clogging of 1\125 or 1\250, with these times

the ambient light does not influence on the photography, the subject will be only illuminated from the 

flash, for which the background it will be black,but not there are branch in the vicinities of the resumed

 subject,we will not have not even the problem of the moved one.

(you see photo 1)

Cynthia cardui

(photography 1)

If we want the set of our photography is visible, we will have under exposing, es. The exposure in the

camera having indicated one real diaphragm of 22,(to remember that if you to blow* up at the same time

the diaphragm real increases also.

The example: with one blow up of 1:2 lend 22, the real value will be 32,therefore if my exposures are

calculated for 22, we will  obtain one slide under exposed) and a time 1\30, will have to release the

photography with a time of 1\60, therefore making the set will become darker, but not black, instead the

subject illuminated from lightning bolts of the flash it will be exposed in correct way.

(you see photography 2)

Copyright Fabio Sacchi 2003\2005

Polyommatus icarus

(photography 2)

 

Photograph the bugs