Haha! I've been wandering around trying to get the first post on a forum and I have finally succeeded! Anyway, here is a pic of my Thamnophis elegans vagrans, (wandering garter snake)
Enjoy!
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James
snakemanj7@hotmail.com
Canadian Herping
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Yes! I got first post on this one...*PIC*
JPLesage
Feb 07, 2003 06:05 PM
Replies (5)
jmpeniche
Feb 08, 2003 03:35 AM
Nice shot, James! I'm just getting into wildlife photography, as an amateur, and was considering buying a ringlight flash for closeups, such as your shot. What kind of flash did you use? Are you familiar w/the ringlight flash?
Regards,
John Peniche
JPLesage
Feb 08, 2003 12:25 PM
But I am not familiar with the ringlight flash. I'm just using the a basic digital camera (canon powershot A40) as I am a beginner with photography as well. Once I learn enough I am probably going to try to purchase a quality SLR. Thanks
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James
snakemanj7@hotmail.com
Canadian Herping
JPLesage
Feb 08, 2003 12:26 PM
But I am not familiar with the ringlight flash. I'm just using the a basic digital camera (canon powershot A40) as I am a beginner with photography as well. Once I learn enough I am probably going to try to purchase a quality SLR. Thanks
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James
snakemanj7@hotmail.com
Canadian Herping
chrish
Feb 08, 2003 02:28 PM
Ringlights give very flat, 2D lighting for macro work in general. That is fine for medical macrophotography, but it doesn't look as good on 3 dimensional objects. Sometimes you want to light from the side, like in this shot of a Blackbelly Salamander -
For macro shots, I would much rather have a decent TTL flash that can be used off camera (either wireless or with a sync cord). Two flashes will give you even more flexibility.
I know that newer ring flashes give you the ability to turn off the tubes in certain parts of the ring (or only fire one of the 3-4 tubes), but I still think you would get very flat lighting.
To be absolutely honest, I would love to play with one to try and test it out, but I doubt I would use it for much herp photography.
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Chris Harrison
jmpeniche
Feb 08, 2003 11:34 PM
Thanks, Chris. I once borrowed a ringlight for my Nikon F3 and practiced taking macro shots of my son's plastic herps. I took itout in the field (Costa Rica) but never got to use it on the poison dart frogs I was looking for. I have a very good TTL flash that I think I'll stick with when I go back in March. I appreciate your comments--and that was a nice shot of the salamander.
