Insect Safari with the Ratchet Diffuser

[Daysleeper40]

Hi all,

So I posted my efforts from my first macro outing in some considerable time last weekend - and I knew I needed to sort a diffuser of some kind. I actually made a pringles tube diffuser for my flash a couple of years ago and thankfully I had shoved it in a bag in a cupboard (this is where my hoarding / messy nature is helpful!) at the time and managed to dig it out this morning. It was a bit squashed... but I reckon it definitely helped. C&C always welcome... I had to abandon my outing when about 30 people with nets rocked up to complete a bee survey but I will be back out again when I get the chance.

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Macro_20190727_142141 by Daysleeper40, on Flickr

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Macro_20190727_133804 by Daysleeper40, on Flickr

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Thanks for looking

 

[Graham]

Looking good that diffuser.

 

[alfbranch]

Nice work Fi

 

[Cobra]

Nice set Fi That certainly seems help too

 

[Nick Owen]

Lovely shots and smooth image processing. I'm curious to see your Pringle Tube adaptation, works well.

 

[Daysleeper40]

Thanks all - appreciate you taking the time to comment

Lovely shots and smooth image processing. I'm curious to see your Pringle Tube adaptation, works well.

I don't have it to hand right now but it is essentially a pringles tube cut out to fit over my speedlight. It then has a paper bowl on the end with diffusing type material over the top (I've used that soft packing wrap stuff). Wrapped some black tape around the body of it. It looks a lot like the picture in this link but imagine you've sat on it and dropped it on the floor a lot...

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1391070