I did a few Google searches but I can’t find anything myself ... so if any of you could direct me for some links about the subject I would be grateful.
A couple of years ago when I was starting to photostack I remember a friend showing me a link to an article.. I just remember a picture of an olman using white cards to bounce a couple of times the light from the flashes , before the light got to the insect. If I remember well he was photographing for a scientific paper… since then I only saw people using conical, cylindrical diffusers around the insect .. milk bottles, ping-pong balls whatever …
Last weekend I started to experiment, figuring it myself, basically using 2 panels between the lens and the subject and a little piece of card / scenario to prevent the flash to hit the lens directly …
I got so pleased with the results I would like to learn and explore more, but I’m not finding anything relevant in the web…
With the simple layout I am using, I am getting well distributed light allover the subject, a lot of light underneath the insect and I am doing with only one flash (at just 1/64) what I was doing before with 3 … ?
Here a few examples and ilustrations…
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Please share some links for reflected light techniques ...if you have them .. I would like to explore other possibilities and learn more about it (the shortest way ? ) .. experimenting is fun but takes a load of time and I’m not retired yet ?…
Thank you,
António