jerry ,
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Y’all. I bought myself a macro flash as my own going away present and look at this. First damn pictures I took.

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JHudson ,
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@jerry Nice ones

kev ,
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@jerry I’ve often thought about getting into photography, but it feels like there’s so many variables and things to learn, it’s hard to know where to start.

kcappleguy ,
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@jerry huh it turned your cats into flowers!

mjausson ,
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@jerry There's a reason why photography is some times called "painting with light."

jerry OP ,
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@mjausson indeed. The mistake I’ve been apparently making is using constant light sources like this instead of a flash.

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mjf_pro ,
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@jerry 😍😍😍😍

nonproductive ,
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@jerry Your attention to detail disgusts me. Be worse!
😁

jerry OP ,
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It seriously feels like cheating. I had no idea.

jerry OP ,
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Look at this bullshit. You mean I just need to slap some flashes on the front of my camera and suddenly I can see freaking pollen?

mjf_pro ,
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@jerry You picked the right moment to sorta-retire. Does infosec.exchange have a Pixelfed instance going yet? 🤓

jerry OP ,
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@mjf_pro pixel.infosec.exchange is indeed alive and well

jerry OP ,
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I don’t even know what to do with this. I feel like I’ve been living a lie.

jerry OP ,
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The camera and the flash exchange gang signs or something and I end up with this

Viss ,
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@jerry youre ready to go after jumpy spiders now :D

acsawdey ,
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@Viss @jerry Yep, looks like you have a nice setup, now look for cute tiny bugs on flowers :)

More light + stop-action effect of flash = sharp macro photos

jerry OP ,
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@acsawdey @Viss I inadvertently got one in the pics I was just taking. The 45mp sensor allows for some decent cropping.

Viss ,
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@jerry @acsawdey score!

acsawdey ,
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@jerry @Viss OH nice! 😂

gary_alderson ,
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@jerry

jerry OP ,
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In any event, I was super excited about taking pictures during my downtime, but now I am over the moon.

itgrrl ,
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@jerry 💕💖

timdesuyo ,
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@jerry best strobe resource on the internet: https://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html?m=1

jigmedatse ,
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@jerry Yes, they do exchange gang signs. Communication goes both directions.

JHudson ,
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@jerry BTW... I used to subscribe to an English magazine called "PhotoPlus". It has Canon and Nikon versions (as I recall). Lots and lots of tips and very useful articles in it.

brunoph ,
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@jerry there's also these macro flash hoods that people use for insect super macros, which essentially give you 360º illumination (photo found online of a ready product, but you can make them yourself with white and black layers of paper and plastic tape)

jerry OP ,
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@brunoph nice! I also have a 3x3x3 tent for pictures. I need to start using that again

sbank ,
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@jerry the first day of the rest of your life. lol.

lerg ,
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@jerry good thing porn is allowed here.

jahanson ,
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@jerry These are pretty next level photos. I love them 😍

Cali ,
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@jerry the detail is amazing

Cali ,
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@jerry nice!

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