Re: HSS and Macro

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Don Roberts

I have shot macros of insects for years and have found that you just
can't keep up with them on a tripod and you will disturb many scenes by
trying to use one.  Chasing them around is the best way.  Usually, back
in the film days, I used flash setups designed for macro work.  Now I do
both hand held and strobe.  Hand held is indeed much easier to shoot but
not as easy to get an excellent result;  DOF is just too small for
really close up work.  I also have the Manfrotto tripod and appreciate
its versatility for other things.

With macos, if i'm not lying in the dirt with my elbows playing at being tripod legs, I find bolting my unextended monopod to the baseof the camera , tilted backward at 45 degrees increases it's inertia and thus reduces slight movements and I can always brace it against my leg or stomach . I also find it's easier that was to move with the insect or escape the irate wasp with greater ease.

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