I spent some time the other day chasing this guy around with my macro lens. I liked the way the sunlight was shining through his fuzzy hair while he crawled on my fence post.
Canon 40D with 100mm/2.8 macro lensAv mode: ISO400 F5.6 SS1/125
Custom white balance
Exposure compensation: +2/3
Slight up in contrast overall and soft light layer applied to caterpillar only in PSE
Resized and sharpened for web
And I did decide to break out of my comfort zone of shooting flowers in AV mode and work on the theme. I wanted to experiment with flash exposure compensation.
These were all shot in manual mode at ISO400 F5.6 SS1/8. I had the flash facing directly on the cup. I know I should have gotten out the tripod to use such a slow shutter speed, but I just wanted to see the flash difference.
Flash exposure set at -2:
Set at -1:
And set at 0:
I want to try fill flash outdoors in bright sun, but the weather is not cooperating. A project for another day.
13 comments:
Love your caterpillar shot! I really need to do some FEC experiments like that. Thanks for the idea. :)
I hate caterpillars... but you managed to take a great pic of one!! And thanks for sharing your practice with the flash!
Great Caterpillar shot...but ewwww.
Shiver at the first one. Great flash samples..
I was just reading about flash compensation the other night - so fun to see the difference in the shots! Catepillar shot is great!
that caterpillar is amazing. i've never seen one that close. very cool.
I didn't know caterpillars could be blue! Great shot! Thanks for the heads up on my broken link!
What a beautiful caterpillar shot! I just love the pretty blue and your fabulous focus!
Great macro shot.. I can totally "feel" the texture! Great flash experiment... I need to do that!
OMG I hate those things. They always end up on my totes at softball games, etc. ewww, but great macro!
Love the caterpillar, but it cracked me up to read the post first and I was a bit taken aback to think what guy you were chasing around with a macro to photograph his hair!!!!!
great shot of the caterpillar!
That caterpillar shot is fantastic! I need to do the same and practice with flash.
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