Scott Murray
Senior Member
There was a question raised recently regarding macro photography and a few stated that they would never use flash in macro photography.
This to me seems bizarre as photography be it macro, landscape or portraiture is all about light, and like any photography you should use it to your advantage not be at its mercy.
Here are my very first macro shots taken many years ago.
I am pretty sure this was taken with no flash (ISO 4000).
Green Tree Ants by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Again using ring light, no flash and available light.
Long legged fly. by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Flash and ring light, ISO reduced.
Small jumping spider by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Actually going through my best images well the ones loaded on flickr and facebook I can only find the one that I liked and was natural light which was the first posted here of the green tree ants.
Under the shade of a tree, with out flash you would not see any of the colour or even the bug in this image. So if you are not willing to use flash to your advantage you will be missing out on great images.
Untitled by Scott Murray, on Flickr
I am not saying my photos are the best and I am not saying that you cannot take great photos using natural light, all I am saying is that do not rule either out and use all lighting options that you have. In this way you will be getting the most of your photography.
This to me seems bizarre as photography be it macro, landscape or portraiture is all about light, and like any photography you should use it to your advantage not be at its mercy.
Here are my very first macro shots taken many years ago.
I am pretty sure this was taken with no flash (ISO 4000).
Green Tree Ants by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Again using ring light, no flash and available light.
Long legged fly. by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Flash and ring light, ISO reduced.
Small jumping spider by Scott Murray, on Flickr
Actually going through my best images well the ones loaded on flickr and facebook I can only find the one that I liked and was natural light which was the first posted here of the green tree ants.
Under the shade of a tree, with out flash you would not see any of the colour or even the bug in this image. So if you are not willing to use flash to your advantage you will be missing out on great images.
Untitled by Scott Murray, on Flickr
I am not saying my photos are the best and I am not saying that you cannot take great photos using natural light, all I am saying is that do not rule either out and use all lighting options that you have. In this way you will be getting the most of your photography.