Finally picked up a speedlite, some shrimp shots

What camera are you using?

Blue Planet!

Nice. Yes, what camera?

T3i I got early last year. I can't justify spending $500 on a macro lens atm just to take pictures of shrimp, even though I really want to maybe later when I trade up.

Some of the blur could have been alleviated if I used a tripod or something stable, one hand w/ speedlite and one with a 2lb camera+ long extender tube = wobbly. Still trying to balance the speedlite brightness & exposure settings, right now I mostly have the lite at lowest, and exposure at -2 external flash compensation and -3 exposure (don't know why there are 2 separate exposure settings).

Try to close the aperture down to something like f8 for a tad more DOF. It will be trickier to see the subject, but if you take lots of shots some will turn out focused just right.

Your T3i takes better pictures than my t3 with macro lens. Or its just the camera man.
Awesome sulawesi

very out of focus. Macro shots need a tripod to balance the long lens and weight. If you can use that bump up the ISO, Exposure, or shutter speed. Other than that, great subjects.

You've got beautiful photo subjects..!

I'm gonna try a lower f stop later, I think I have to manually use the kit lens to set aperture, hold down the remove lens button while exchanging it for the extender tube or something weird like that.

I don't know what it was set at when I took these, probably pretty high cause I had to do ~-5 exposure. DoF is like... 1/10th an inch if you look at the cardinal leg photo.

It is probably set to f3.5 (wide open). Dial in the aperture you want, then press the DOF preview button and while keeping it pressed, remove the lens.

Beautiful.

Any idea why my remote flash only goes off in viewfinder mode? I like taking shots using the LCD screen but it doesn't trigger the flash

And lower aperture makes it hard to see through the view finder.

Much better results!!! Now things are coming into focus.

xenxes said:

Any idea why my remote flash only goes off in viewfinder mode? I like taking shots using the LCD screen but it doesn't trigger the flash

And lower aperture makes it hard to see through the view finder.

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Try setting the "Silent Shooting Mode" to disabled.

make sure you don't drop it into a tank, i have done this TWICE now- le sigh

Great pictures.

Great pics. I need to invest in a new camera set up. Your pics have inspired me

Wasserpest said:

Much better results!!! Now things are coming into focus.

Try setting the "Silent Shooting Mode" to disabled.

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TY again Wasser I did some Googling and "... the EOS 600D / T3i doesn't inherit the Silent Shooting Live View options of the EOS 60D..." Bummer, I'll just swap live view then swap off to trigger the flash.

msjinkzd said:

make sure you don't drop it into a tank, i have done this TWICE now- le sigh

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Lol I dipped the speedlite in the water a few times, didn't go too far so it's still good. I take the plastic lid off my Fluval Spec and use it to hold to lite now.

Sweet looking shots xen!