Macro of a Hoverfly
Posted by David Chin on June 6th, 2006 in Amazing Nikon D200 Image SamplesView a truly spectacular capture of a hoverfly by Duncan C with the D200 + Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 lens + Sigma EM 140 DG macro flash.
Source:
Forum post, large size on Pbase
Technique and comments:
Manual mode, shot RAW, F22, 1/250 sec, postprocessed in Nikon Capture for levels and sharpening, then to Photoshop for color profile conversion, down-sampling and saving for the web.
Comments on the Sigma EM 140 DG:
Sigma was willing to upgrade the macro flash to work with the D200 in iTTL mode (link 1 || link 2 || link 3 || came back from service in less than a week). A 1.5 positive exposure compensation still needed to be dialed in.
Photographer’s site: http://www.pbase.com/duncanc.
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Tags: Sigma EM-140 DG Flash for Nikon, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 for Nikon