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Originally Posted by Vanda
Did you use the 580 as a single flash or with another as fill in?
The hover fly in flight was amazing. Great shots.
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Hi Ian
Only #5 was shot with the 580. I’ve had the 580 for just over a week now and this was my first outing with it. In my 35mm film days of yore, I recollect having to use the Guide Number to do the power output calculations based on film speed and subject distance, not so with the 580!
The 580 was mounted some 12-15cms above the front of the 100mm lens (lens hood fitted) pointing down, with a Lumiquest flash diffuser fitted. I had to push the shadows quite hard to bring out the detail in the body of the insect.
The whole set up is quite bulky and unwieldy compared to the more compact configuration of using the ring flash, but the quality of the lighting is vastly superior.
Cheers
Dennis