Shuffle Up and Deal

I have made an adaptation to my DIY macro-light which I used with the old Canon Powershot S2 to try out with my Canon Speedlite on the dSLR. I basically used a bigger bit of tin foil and added an elastic band!

I was just wondering what to test it out on when I saw a pack of cards on the side.

Here is a shot of my camera with the hi-tech device attached and the results of a couple of test shots. The second one really captures the action of the shuffle and the merging of the cards (click to enlarge as always).

State of the Union

Another photo from my archives. Taken using the macro light

Water Art

I hope that you all had an excellent Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year celebrations.

I have had a bit of time off work over the festive period and after watching this interesting video I thought I would have another go at photographing water droplets.

You can see my first attempt earlier in the year here.

I took so many photos so it has taken a while to trawl through them but here are the 3 that I think came out best.







If you fancy having a go at this then there is plenty of help at hand on the web. I found that this video was pretty helpful.

Baby Spiders Again

I posted last year here about baby spiders in my garden.

Well, a year has passed and another batch have arrived. With the help of the macro light I was able to get these shots.

A view of the gate to give some perspective on how small the spiders were


Closer


Closer still

Hoverman

After coming across this great work by ec808x on Flickr I have done a little experimenting with taking a long exposure shot whilst using another camera flash to silhouette myself.

It needs a lot more practice and a much larger working environment but here is my first shot using this method. Note the orange glow from the auto focus light!!

Even More Macro Light Shots

Few more supermacro shots taken at work with the Macro Light

Laptop Keys


Dell Server

More Macro Light Shots

Here are a few more super macro shots using the foil macro lighting device!

Coffee Filter / Strainer


Hand Written Note


Wood Screw

Macro Light

I enjoy taking macro and super macro shots of various different items but when close to a subject (especially in super macro) available light is always an issue.

The lightbox helps and a tripod can be used for getting clearer lower light shots but they can't always be moved on static, non-movable subjects.

So, taking some inspiration from Photophool amongst others I have made a virtually free macro and super macro lighting device....

It might not be pretty but it does the job.




Here are my first couple of shots with the new lighting rig!