Quote Originally Posted by bburns223


So, on one tripod is a body and macro. On the other is a plamp (something of an articulated arm with clamps on either end) with a grass stem and insect. You could try this in summer; it's lots of fun


brendan


Sorry Brendan but I don't really get the clamp idea. This sort of shot isn't really "wildlife" or "nature" in my opinion (unless the butterfly is more stupid than I imagined). Is the butterfly really going to sit on your single piece of grass? You must have a really big blatter and a lot of patience to wait for this moment....[:P]


To be honest I could make almost the same photo without any of those tripods. Just with a macro lens and a 430 flash, walking in pure nature and shooting at what I can get to. Maybe they are technically not so good and yes I did use a flash so there might be some shadows, but I really think it's a lot more fun. Just by walking around (works really relaxing) I shot this...something similar...





A macroflash might be handy, but a normal one would do fine as well most of the time. Well at least that's what I have discovered last summer. Don't know if I agree with that statement after this summer [:P]





I would put your money into a good tripod though, not specially for macro but for general purposes as well and yes if you really like strobism and the weather simply sucks thats a good thing to invest in.