A little bit of cleaning

by davidstorm

Fly on Silver Pear Leaf

K-x, single diffused flash, Sigma 105mm DG EX Macro, Full Tubes
Uploaded23/05/2013 - 00:23
CategoryMacro
Shutter Speed1/160
Aperturef/16
LensN/A
ISO250
Focal Length250mm

GIULIO57
Posted 23/05/2013 - 07:18 Link
PPG
Posted 23/05/2013 - 09:20 Link
That's a cracking shot David...

Best
leep
Posted 23/05/2013 - 14:57 Link
Great shot.
Photon
Posted 23/05/2013 - 16:50 Link
Great shot! Best viewed large; - where you can see that you've got it, with those amazing multi-facets of the compound eyes.

Was this, ring flash, on-board flash or attached flash?
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davidstorm
Posted 23/05/2013 - 17:00 Link
Hi Colin, it was none of the above! It was shot with a double-head diffused flash firing from both left and right at the same time. This is possible due to a home-made flashgun holder made out of two carpenter's bezels (metal with a slot down the middle) with a hole drilled in the end that has no slot. These fix under the camera with a screw attachment that screws into the tripod mount and then they form two arms; one at the right and one at the left. Onto the ends of the arms I attach two flashguns with remote triggers and line them up them so they fire at the focal point. Onto each flash head is fixed a 90 degree home made diffuser made from a Pringles tube. I might post an image of this at some point if anyone's interested.

Regards
David
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Photon
Posted 23/05/2013 - 17:45 Link
Thanks David, that is interesting, my father was a chippy but I don't remember using a bezel, did you mean a bevel? which would sort of fit in with your explanation, if so did you need to anneal the non slot end of the sliding straight-edge, prior to drilling? I always assumed they were harened and tempered. Perhaps I have misunderstood. Yes, I would be interested in seeing an image of your device. Nice to know that I am not alone in doing, or in my case, trying to do, what my wife considers to be ,nutty things in the shed!

Regards
Colin
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sandinista
Posted 23/05/2013 - 18:22 Link
Top quality David
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davidstorm
Posted 23/05/2013 - 21:45 Link
Sorry Colin, mis-spelling, I did mean a Bevel. They are hardened steel but I have some pretty good drills that made short work of them!

I will post an image when I get the time to take some shots of it all set up. I'm away for a short weekend break in our caravan this weekend so may possibly get the time to do this.

Cheers
David
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szgabor
Posted 25/05/2013 - 07:18 Link
Lovely capture, nice details.
Regards,
Gábor
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