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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 463852" data-attributes="member: 12257">Thanks!&nbsp; As far as catching all those bugs, it's a challenge in patience, for sure.&nbsp; That was about an hour of handheld wandering (all but 2 shots were handheld anyway), but the more you do it, the better you get at it.&nbsp; The hard part is learning that you've got to nab the focus by adjusting your own distance to the critters instead of trying to use the AF.&nbsp; 1/2&quot; can RUIN a shot!&nbsp; I'd love a chance at a nice stable critter so I could get enough shots to focus stack, but haven't found one that willing yet.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />As far as the flash, it's a hot-shoe mounted SB-700 with a Fong Lightsphere and inverted dome (dome pointing inside instead of out) firing straight ahead.&nbsp; Great up close diffuser, large enough for quality light, but small enough that I don't have to worry about some of the tighter spaces (like getting in the shrubbery for that spider shot).&nbsp; Scott Murray has an onboard diffuser set up that he uses with just his built in flash, and I think a softbox might make for a little better lighting, but I like my results.Most of the above were shot in manual flash mode at about 1/2 power, some at full.&nbsp; You can see that I was shooting 1/60 shutter in all of 'em, so the extreme close up of the curled up green bug and the tiny white blooms were shot on a tripod being used as a monopod (sort THAT one out), as they were at a much longer focal distance on my 70-300.&nbsp; The more zoom going on, the harder it is to handhold for shots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 463852, member: 12257"] Thanks! As far as catching all those bugs, it's a challenge in patience, for sure. That was about an hour of handheld wandering (all but 2 shots were handheld anyway), but the more you do it, the better you get at it. The hard part is learning that you've got to nab the focus by adjusting your own distance to the critters instead of trying to use the AF. 1/2" can RUIN a shot! I'd love a chance at a nice stable critter so I could get enough shots to focus stack, but haven't found one that willing yet. ;) As far as the flash, it's a hot-shoe mounted SB-700 with a Fong Lightsphere and inverted dome (dome pointing inside instead of out) firing straight ahead. Great up close diffuser, large enough for quality light, but small enough that I don't have to worry about some of the tighter spaces (like getting in the shrubbery for that spider shot). Scott Murray has an onboard diffuser set up that he uses with just his built in flash, and I think a softbox might make for a little better lighting, but I like my results. Most of the above were shot in manual flash mode at about 1/2 power, some at full. You can see that I was shooting 1/60 shutter in all of 'em, so the extreme close up of the curled up green bug and the tiny white blooms were shot on a tripod being used as a monopod (sort THAT one out), as they were at a much longer focal distance on my 70-300. The more zoom going on, the harder it is to handhold for shots. [/QUOTE]

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