My frog and reptile workshop is coming up a week from this weekend, so I wanted to post one of my favorite pictures from this bi-annual event. This is everyone's favorite frog -- the red eye tree frog. I photographed it originally with a vertical composition, and then in Photoshop I rotated the image 90 degrees clockwise (Image > rotate > 90CW). I then applied the plug-in Flood (made by flamingpear.com) to add a realistic reflection. All of the macro images done at the workshop are taken with a ring flash because of the way the light wraps around the small subjects. The lens is set to f/32 for maximum depth of field, the camera is set to manual exposure mode, and the flash is set to ETTL which adjusts the exposure perfectly. This was handheld, and the shutter speed was the sync speed -- 1/250th of a second.
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Mar 15, 2018, 6:54:10 PM
Jim - Hi Stan, I use a 50mm macro. I prefer this to the 100mm (although many people who take this workshop use a 100mm macro lens) because the working distance is close. From the lens to the frog is maybe 5 inches. That means the light from the ring light wraps around the frog in a softer way, i.e. less harshness. As the ring light moves away from the frog, it approaches a point source of light. Hence, it is more harsh.
Mar 15, 2018, 5:53:37 PM
Stan - Jim: What focal length Macro lens do you use with ring flash?