{"id":411,"date":"2010-05-16T20:07:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T20:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexeames.com\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2010-05-16T20:07:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T20:07:15","slug":"butterflies-with-macro-ring-flash-results-a-bit-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alexeames.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/butterflies-with-macro-ring-flash-results-a-bit-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies with macro ring flash."},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to butterfly world in St Albans yesterday. Quite a good setup they’ve got there. It’ll be even better when the dome is done. At the moment they have a big greenhouse, which is very warm and humid. My camera lens steamed up to start with. Had to let it warm up a bit and then clean with a lens pen. Perhaps I’m getting fussy, but I wasn’t all that pleased with the results with macro flash. The natural light ones from Zgierz seem to be better. Stupid thing is, I probably could have shot some natural light ones as I had a 55mm macro lens with me too. Didn’t even think to try it. \ud83d\ude41 I was too busy trying to get greedy amounts of depth of field with the ring flash which I haven’t really used very much. Probably needs some sort of diffuser on it, as it was a bit harsh.<\/p>\n

OK, so normal people might think they’re quite good, but I think they could be a lot better. As usual, images can be clicked for a larger version.<\/p>\n

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Not sure what this one is<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tree Nymph<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blue Morpho<\/p><\/div>\n

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Owl Butterfly<\/p><\/div>\n

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Not IDed yet<\/p><\/div>\n

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not sure about this one either<\/p><\/div>\n

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Spikey Caterpillar<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pond skater<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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