Re: wildlife flash photography
thank you all for taking the time to answer my question, the fact is
that I really don't like the 100-400 (there's one page regarding my
dissapointment with this lens) and I was thinking about photographing
let's say big birds like eagles.the closest I could get to one was 50m
or so, will the flash still give me some light at that distance or is
useless? (the 580exll)
what about macro using this flash? with the 100mm f2,8 lens (not the
IS version)
thank you
Re: wildlife flash photography
Hey Adrian,
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Originally Posted by adrian mandea
what about macro using this flash? with the 100mm f2,8 lens (not the
IS version)
I do it all the time! Check this out:
50D with 100mm f2.8 macro @ iso100 f10 1/250
http://www.fruityview.nl/macro.jpg
The fact that you could use a flah with macro is that you lit the entire photo. Because of the distance to your subject and background. Your flash has a flashnumber of 43m(430EX) and I believe 58m(580EX) so flashing a macrobackground at like 1m shouldn't be a problem.
With wildlife at a distance you only lit a particular area which can make it very hard to get to the correct white balance. If you will use flash-whitebalance you'll notice that your subject might be exposed corectly with natural colors, but the surroundings and background (where the flash doesn't get) could have a different color due to white balance if it is cloudy that day or your subject is in the shade for instance. That's one reason I wouldn't recommend a flash with wildlife, it might work sometimes, but I doubt you'll be happy most of the time.
The other reason is just: natural light is the best there is in my opinion. Theres nothing more beautiful than a real natural look.
Jan
Re: wildlife flash photography
Quote:
Originally Posted by bburns223
And I get catchlights in all my bird pictures w/o flash. I actually don't know why
It's because the birds' eyes are lit by the glow of your personality... [;)]