♂ Mopsus mormon

A portrait of the biggest salticidae of Australia, Mopsus mormon, the green jumping spider, here a male !

comments (10)

Flavio

Lion

Beautiful focus and depth of field. Well done. Posted 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thank you, I appreciate ! Posted 3 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Another stunning shot, Julien! And yes, I'm totally checking the eyes to see your diffuser :) Posted 3 years ago
1. Julien
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks Ferdy, back in the time when I was using two flashes ! I really enjoyed the effect and the fact of being able to move them but I never found some good articulate arms, I keep trying ! Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    They tend to always be too short, right?
    
    The ideal scenario might be two independent flash units with two assistants to operate each one. Strangely I found few volunteers to hold up my units per my instructions. People are so selfish these days. Posted 3 years ago
  2. 1. Julien
      
      Eagle Owl
      
      haha you just killed me :D I am giving some volunteer photographic courses here, I'm sure I can find someone !!
      No most of the time they are long enough but ore they can't handle the flashes weight or they are to heavy themselves or just not precise at all ! Posted 3 years ago
  3. William Bodine
    
    Lion
    
    Maybe check out the Godox MF12 Macro Flash. A little expensive (two for $300 plus extra for the wireless control on Amazon) but might be cheaper than two assistants trying to meet your expectations.
    Love the spider and the eyes make it. Posted 3 years ago
  4. 1. Julien
      
      Eagle Owl
      
      Thanks !
      I used to have the Meike MK-MT24 TTL, which is really close to the new Godox MF12 Macro Flash, except that with the Godox you can put more than 2 units and I know Godox, they are making really good stuff. But in any case, whatever brand, whatever flash power, in macro, herping or anything with a flash, you need to diffuse your lighting, just to remove the hotspots and retrieve sharpness, it really makes a difference, the difference ! And for what I found so far with all my tests, the keys are the distance between the flash units and the diffusing layer ( let's call it x ), and the distance between the diffusing layer and the subject ( y ), the more x is long and y is short the better is your diffusion, after you need to find the right balance. This is why I don't like so much what Godox and Meike have made, the flash units with there native rig are too close from the subject and obviously from the diffusing layer. Even if you use them, you need some articulated arms to set them back, but if you do so, regarding the thickness of your diffusing layer, most of the time the flash units from the Meike MK-MT24 TTL were not powerfull enough, so I bet this is the same with the Godox units ! So I started to use a Canon 600ex-rt with is clone Yungnuo version, they worked really well but the rig was to heavy for the arms and for me ! So I got back to a single flash unit system and now I am trying to make a dual flash rig with two Godox TT350, that are a bit lighter... But I just can't find the perfect articulated arms ! Posted 3 years ago