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MACROPHOTOGRAPHY TOOLS, TIPS & TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS 2012<br />

Specialized flash units for macrophotography<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are a variety of flash devices designed just for macrophotography. Some include one or two<br />

smaller flash lights that attach to the front of the lens. Ring light flash units are used frequently by<br />

dentists to photograph their customers’ teeth, or by photographers who want to create a flat light with<br />

no shadows. Canon offers a special macro flash unit with two small lights on the front, and it’s even<br />

possible to adjust the lighting ratio so that one flash is stronger than the other. It’s also possible to use<br />

just a single flash with the unit.<br />

Human eye photographed at 1X using Canon MP-E 65 mm Macro lens and Twin Lite MT-24EX flash unit.<br />

You can see the highlights from the two flash lights reflected near the pupil.<br />

Most modern flash units use TTL or through the lens metering technology, which greatly simplifies<br />

using flash; however the camera meter can still be fooled by the background tones. <strong>Photographer</strong>s<br />

should take some test shots, then adjust the exposure using the camera exposure compensation<br />

feature, or adjust the flash light output.<br />

Robert Berdan | 40

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