Who needs a twin macro flash?

[Romy Ocon]

Not me!

Being a genuine Ilocano, I can live with this contraption - two layers of translucent white sandwich bag tied around the built-in flash with a rubber band. ;D




A couple of shots from this flash - the first spider was hugging a metal pole, while the second one was at a tree trunk.


7D + 100 2.8 USM macro, f/9, 1/250 sec, ISO 800, hand held, manual exposure, spot AI servo, built-in flash @ 0 FEC with DIY diffuser, 8 MP crop processed and resized to 1500x1000.





7D + 100 2.8 USM macro, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO 800, hand held, manual exposure, spot AI servo, built-in flash @ 0 FEC with DIY diffuser, 8 MP crop processed and resized to 1500x1000.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Hehehe, brilliant and ingenious way to tame harsh flash lighting Ka Mastah! We should sell that contraption thru our club! Hahaha. Excellent macro work - you certainly have your 7D figured out! :-)

[Mark Itol]

Great results from your DIY diffuser, Ka Mastah. You really should start mass producing this and your previous contraptions for the market. ;D

[Romy Ocon]

Hehe..... thanks Bobby and Mark!

[mantarey]

Fantastic macro nature photography Mastah Romy.

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks, Rey!

The DIY diffuser for the built-in flash works well at macros because the shooting distance is very short, hence the power of the small flash is sufficient.

I usually allow the distant background to be exposed a bit by natural light to reduce the flashed look. Here's a simple portrait of a fly from this morning.


7D + 100 2.8 USM macro, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO 800, hand held, manual exposure, spot AI servo, built-in flash @ -1&1/3 FEC with DIY diffuser, 12 MP crop processed and resized to 1500x1000.

[mantarey]

Wow got to try this macro thing sometime. Looks really difficult but as you said the discipline is the same so I hope the learning curve won't be too steep.