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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 />
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