Macro of my eye. The circular catchlight is from my homemade ringflash. I took a disposable aluminum carryout pan and cut a hole in the center to fit a section of cardboard tube. I used duct tape to fasten the tube to the pan. I then cut a window in the side to fit the end of my Speedlight. Used a circular piece of parchment paper for the "lens".
For the shot, I mounted the camera on a tripod and slid the center tube of my ringflash over the camera lens. Used a wired remote trigger and handheld the speedlight in position and fired off-camera using D80 in Commander mode.
[Oct. 7th, 2010 05:22:41 PM]
Got the idea for the homemade ringlight from the latest issue of Popular Photography.
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Read your notes, read the article in PP also. This is an awesome shot. The ringflash is right on. Such incredible detail. I thought this would've placed much higher. Gave you a 9 FWIW.
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