Backsahatte on macro shot's

Hi Every one!

The angry Rubbersuit is back with another newbie lighting Question:

I have just returend from a Great trip to Borneo..Mabul and Sipandan!

Here I had the great luck of finding a good spots for Mandarin fish photos and leaf fish among other semi-willing Macro friends...

But many shots looked like denmark at Chrismas! due to a lot of sand/silt in the water..the better one's still has some "white dots" from the reflecting sand/silt.

How do you get better macro to close up's in sandy conditions ??

Different angel on the strobe? place the strobe closer to the subject ??

I did experiment some but never really got a real good idear of how to fix the probleme..as conditions change all the time...

So what's the TRICK???

Thanks up front on any reply's...

Not super experienced in macro, but I believe the trick is to try not to light up the water between the subject and the camera. Either light from above, or aim the light outwards so the inner part of the light is hitting your subject, and not so much the water in front of the lens. Or get good at PS:ing out the snow

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can fill in more stuff here.

/Björn

Hi Every one!

 

The angry Rubbersuit is back with another newbie lighting Question:

I have just returend from a Great trip to Borneo..Mabul and Sipandan!

Here I had the great luck of finding a good spots for Mandarin fish photos and leaf fish among other semi-willing Macro friends...

But many shots looked like denmark at Chrismas! due to a lot of sand/silt in the water..the better one's still has some "white dots" from the reflecting sand/silt.

How do you get better macro to close up's in sandy conditions ??

Different angel on the strobe? place the strobe closer to the subject ??

I did experiment some but never really got a real good idear of how to fix the probleme..as conditions change all the time...

 

So what's the TRICK???

 

Thanks up front on any reply's...