Photo #28541: Troides vandepolli

15.04.2014 13:18, Shamil Murtazin

We continue to "do it yourself" paper =)

A4 paper cut in half as well on the long side, then again in half the short


One such leaflet glue two drops of glue in the corners. It turns out such a "pocket" or "dumpling". At work, I found a SP-560UZ. it seems structurally the same.


We put on this very design of flash. It turns out a little "soft box", also known as a diffuser.

Butterfly is not found. He took the same model that yesterday :)

without flash. rigid contour shadow.


just the lens is worn on the flash. no shadow contour, but rich


+ diffuser sheet bottom frame worth as a reflector. no shadow contour, saturation decreased


+ diffuser cylinder. almost shadowless. (bottom of the frame, cylinder need to push closer, but that did not get the shot).


shadowless scheme.

Less shadowless scheme - in the absence of any volume.Shadows is not present =)

14.04.2014 22:16, Shamil Murtazin

Alexander, the excellent Olympus camera down, he knows how to take pictures in RAW (my 510UZ can). It's very convenient format - can be a little tweak exposure and white balance to rectify. Allow me, tomorrow I will take a time-ait - prepared. And tomorrow I will lay out a variant of the lens. But he, too, the paper :)
Basil, in the photo below flashlight really weak.However, modern Light Flashlight is not very weak. Especially if there is focusing of the beam. But not the essence. The main thing that springs given enough light and evenly =)
I vote for the simplest an external flash with light traps. She then left, and, having put on the camera, will assist in macro in nature.The idea is not new cylinder. "Makrushniki" or "homeroom" used cone of thick white translucent plastic. Top narrow down expanding. Well, all sorts of spheres.
Peter, if you want, let's article and beautifully arrange somewhere online pribёm (footcloth and the such) ...

14.04.2014 21:11, Alex Dumchus

Picture did Casio EX-H10, and recently acquired Olimpus SP-620Uz, but not yet butterflies Fota liked it normal optics and poss. making continuous series of images of different amounts, just for nature. It rises up flash.

14.04.2014 20:53, Vasiliy Feoktistov

An interesting scheme, but want drbavit: highlight the need to at least three sides and not take a flashlight: this is not serious for large, tropical animals who have a wingspan of 15 cm. And above, and 3 lyumki SLR cold, white light. The sheet acts as a lens and distributes the light uniformly along the circumference.An interesting idea, and most importantly simple. Shamil, thank you :)

14.04.2014 20:46, Shamil Murtazin

On the scene with Vanessa, I think it is clear that the outbreak was right. They shot in the right side a little "overcooked". More on the flash softbox dressed, but it is not critical, it is possible without it.
I can still worker-peasant version with on-camera (built-in) to flash =) if the model specify the camera - I can show direct "in place" so to speak.

14.04.2014 20:37, Alex Dumchus

Clear. Thank you, Shamil. Everything is simple and clear. I'll try

14.04.2014 20:26, Shamil Murtazin

Alexander asked for the recipe - that's it.

Cut a sheet of A4 floated on the long side.


Merge narrow parts in the ring


lantern depicts the place pulsed flash.

In the case of continuous light - using light sources 2+ spaced at equal angles on a circle.But the world should be more then.

An example of this circuit frames (still waiting for the collections, and their all no, no):

14.04.2014 8:22, Alex Dumchus

I do not spark anything. The flash on the camera. When a bright light and butterfly (recent M.absoloni) - not nichem- candle in the window. At the outbreak of the shadow appears on the left side of the butterfly. How do the cylinder in Kutch.Diffuser?
In general, the attitude towards the process of photographing butterflies (except for natural images) - not as an art - it is necessary to understand that there is still a scientific website, not Art Salon (Very sorry if someone accidentally hurt. This is my personal opinion) .As for the arts - he painted pictures, many insects, butterflies do panels of (secondary and dead specimens, of course), but put it here -by at least it would be strange ...

13.04.2014 22:05, Shamil Murtazin

Alexander, and light what? .. If the flash sideways - you can make a paper cylinder as a diffuser. With conventional incandescent lighting is a significant weakening.
The same would probably wider cropped. In general, it is the proportion of the butterfly square, so it looks normal. It seems, at the discretion of the author =)

13.04.2014 21:02, Alex Dumchus

I try to remove more shadow. The more butterflies in the frame - the better to determine. IMHO .Posmotrite least http://swallowtails.net/

13.04.2014 20:05, Svetlana Shchavelina

Also I wanted to say about it, but was too shy ... Butterflies "closely" on the frame.

13.04.2014 19:31, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Alexander than kadriruesh? Do not be so cut the "butt". The fields around the perimeter leave more :)