My question concerns the best way to use off camera flash for extreme macro shots.
I am new to the world of stacking (have been doing hand held macro for sometime now and am familiar with its challenges). I am unhappy with the lighting in my shots and not sure what is the best way to introduce flash lighting into my shots.
Below is my first ever macro stack. Its not the most ideal result (I need to work more on stacking itself....this was done in photoshop), but I am far from satisfied with the uneven lighting.
I have also included a shot of my macro setup which shows the SB-400 mounted on a magic arm and lighting the subject from a 45 degree angle. It explains why the left half of the spider is well lit whilst the right half is totally shadowed. Do I need another flash on the right side or can even lighting be achieved using proper placement of a single flash? I want to avoid adding items to the setup since its already quite heavy and cumbersome. But I do have an SB-600 if required.
Is that a good setup? How can I tweak it?
I would appreciate any advice since I am fairly new to to both stacking as well as the use of artificial lighting for macro work.
Many thanks.
Avi
