All the bugs sitting still (even bees on flowers) can be easily photographed sharply. What I get with this flash is F8-F11 with no problems (all in manual mode, flash power set to 1/16 or 1/32). Yongnuo will fulfill 90% of your needs due to lack of Highspeed sync (it works up to 1/200s). 70EUR) but I wasn't satisfied with the results (it wasn't bright enough) and then I tried the twin flash.īasically you can choose between Canon MT-26EX-RT (ca. The ring one is a flash that surrounds the lens the twin flash are two special flashes (speedlites) attached on both sides of the lens. There are (at least) two options: Macro Ring Flash or Macro Twin Flash. But then the shutter speed is 1/15s or longer which makes hard to keep the camera steady, not saying it is impossible to catch anything fast moving - like bees or flies. On the other hand to have a whole object in focus you will have to go to F8 or F11. That is possible to achieve with F2.8 or F3.5 but the depth-of-field is very narrow. The closer you get more light you will need.īeing in the field you probably take the pictures handheld - what gives you the shutter speed ca. The main problem with macro photography is (lack of) light. focus manually, but I'm not sure this would have a better resultĪny other tips regarding capturing insects are welcome!.post-processing to sharpen the out-of-focus areas (I'd rather not do this).But this, in turn, would cause more of surroundings to be 'in focus' and I'd like to have this blur in the environment to single out the insect. take a step back, and take a picture from further away and then crop.Two things that I have considered, but I'm not sure if they make sense: Oftentimes it's things like hind lags or antennae, or the back part of the body that is out of focus but I'd want to be able to have the whole insect into focus. I'd rather get rid of that band, and focus solely on the insect. Below are some examples.Īs you can see in these examples, it's often the case that a strip, or "band", of the environment is in focus, as one would expect, but this also causes the part of the creature that is a bit further back to be out of focus. However, time and time again the subject is only partially in focus. Whenever I try to photograph insects from up close, I try to get as close as my lens lets me (so it can still autofocus) and take a bunch of pictures. I shoot with a Canon 700D paired with an EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro. The main thing that throws me off, is focus. Out of the hundreds of pictures, only one or two are to my liking. When I came across an artificial beehive, I took a chance to get into the bees and try to snap some bee portraits. Unfortunately, I'm really not good at it. I love macro photography, it gives an insight in the small world around is.
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