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MACROPHOTOGRAPHY TOOLS, TIPS & TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS 2012 Specialized flash units for macrophotography <strong>The</strong>re are a variety of flash devices designed just for macrophotography. Some include one or two smaller flash lights that attach to the front of the lens. Ring light flash units are used frequently by dentists to photograph their customers’ teeth, or by photographers who want to create a flat light with no shadows. Canon offers a special macro flash unit with two small lights on the front, and it’s even possible to adjust the lighting ratio so that one flash is stronger than the other. It’s also possible to use just a single flash with the unit. Human eye photographed at 1X using Canon MP-E 65 mm Macro lens and Twin Lite MT-24EX flash unit. You can see the highlights from the two flash lights reflected near the pupil. Most modern flash units use TTL or through the lens metering technology, which greatly simplifies using flash; however the camera meter can still be fooled by the background tones. <strong>Photographer</strong>s should take some test shots, then adjust the exposure using the camera exposure compensation feature, or adjust the flash light output. Robert Berdan | 40
MACROPHOTOGRAPHY TOOLS, TIPS & TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS 2012 Canon Macro Twin Lite 24 EX provides 2 Flash units that fit on the front of the macro lens. Nikon TTL camera flash cord allows the flash to be positioned off the camera and can be handheld or attached to another support, such as the small tripod shown above. Robert Berdan | 41
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