
Originally Posted by
Arthur Morris
Hi Michael,
re:
On the day that I found these I was carrying my camera, macro lens, and Canon macro ring flash.
Please confirm that you are hand-holding...
Yessir, I was hand holding.
With macro I generally shoot for max DOF so I was stopped down pretty tight
With 180mm of working distance and two relatively large subjects you will have some decent depth of field. About how far from the subjects would you be here?
That's true. If I remember right I was at least 3' away from them
... and at ISO 200 the scene called for 1/100s.
Why ISO 200 and not 400?
I was using an EOS1DsMk3. I realize that it's not horrible at ISO 400 however I usually try to limit my ISO to 200 with that camera when I can. I thought that with fill flash I could get away with ISO 200
I shoot the flash in manual and adjust power / shutter speed as needed for exposure. Honestly... there might be a better way to set this up so any input would be appreciated. Flash and I haven't really become comfortable with one another unless it's strobes in a studio environment.
It would seem in this situation that you are using flash as fill. Why, because the sky is relatively light toned. Are you familiar with the differences between flash as main light and flash as fill?
Yes I do. I metered the sky and then set the flash to "kiss" a little light into the scene. The sun was my main. I think I "smacked" a little too much light into the scene. I shoot by the histogram and I've been trying to push it further to the right but in this case I wasn't sure if it was the bright background that was pushing the histogram to the right or not so I left the flash power higher than necessary