Quote Originally Posted by Sheiky


Thanks Brendan [img]/emoticons/emotion-1.gif[/img]


Well yes I guess a lot of macro work is done like that and also with freezing the little fellows, but that's totally against my style. I guess this is still very innocent though, but man...I really couldn't be proud on such a picture. I can only imagine my relatives asking me: how did you manage to take such a beautifull picture? And then have to say: I clamped it on a tripod in the backyard while it couldn't move yet, how cool is that huh?[img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]


I've also seen a photgrapher shooting at a bird of preyshow (next to me), erase the leather bands on their claws with photoshop and claiming they shot those in the wild....really, there are some pathetic people in the world [img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img] (the person in the example was a serious professional payed naturephotographer [img]/emoticons/emotion-39.gif[/img])


I have seen that happen before. Good point.
Quote Originally Posted by Sheiky


For Denise,


you should just keep it simple. Try out a lot of things. I started out with a 450D kit myself and kept evolving. Same with wireless triggers. I recently bought the cheapest there are, just to try out. If I was really enthusiastic, I could always buy more expensive stuff.


Point is: keep it simple untill you really know what you want and then try to get the most out of it. (maybe by buying everything there possibly is [img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img])


My advice: Don't buy your first strobists or macro sets of a 1000 dollars until you know exactly what you want. Else you might look back after a while at an expensive gear-package you never used properly.


....just have fun!


Agree again.





brendan