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Lovely shots Andrew!
My settings were auto focus (centre point) for the EF-S 60mm F2.8 macro lens and auto ETTL for the MR-14X ring flash and provided the scene was of average tonality, these setting appeared to work reasonably well, provided I shot in Raw, allowing me to "develop" the image in CS4 Camera Raw.
Where the subject was bright and the background dark, the subject was grossly over exposed as the meter attempted to lighten the darker background tones – next time I’ll figure out how to reduce the flash output by a couple of stops.
Here’s my haul for the day – I am quite pleased with the results and our outing has given me much food for thought in terms of technique and equipment set up.
Cheers
Dennis
PS – it was a real treat shooting the static caterpillar compared to chasing busy bees; all my bee shots were blurry, a combination of OOF and subject movement.
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