Played around with off camera flash today. Not a total success, but got some interesting results.
Here's one from the left side.
And here is one from the back. I don't like it as well, but it has some interesting elements that might work well by balancing the front or side with either another flash, or perhaps a reflector. Unfortunately, I would need a third hand for that. I know, a small tripod to hold one of the devices. Two tripods and all my other gear would be a bit much to haul out into the field. I do like how the light shines through the legs and body of the spider. The wasp was in deep shadow. I was able to bring some detail up, but there are limits to that.
I got the bright idea of merging a handful of images taken with the flash from different angles into one HDR image. Turned out very similar to the first one. I was hoping it would choose the legs and head from the backlit, but no dice.
