There is always something to be found

<p>I shot these in the recent cold weather. I was testing my first high magnification macro setup with full aperture focusing.<br>

I wanted to improve on some recent shots of Mothflies which live in my compost bin. I was using my EM-1 with an Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 with the a matched x2TC behind it and a Raynox MSN-202 (25 diopters) on the front. The effective aperture was f18 (f9 on the lens). The FOV was 5mm wide. Hand-held with some support.</p>

<p>I like to use triple flash but I struggled to get a second one aimed well enough.</p>

<p>As I was about to lift the lid off the bin, I noticed what I though were two extra large, slightly dark Mothflies on top of it. It was only when I saw the first one in the viewfinder that I realised that they were Heteropteran bugs. And it was not until I saw the first flash-lit image that I was the colours.</p>

<p>As with the Mothflies, I could not get the low angles I wanted because of the shape of the top of the bin. However, this shows how little DOF was available at f18.</p>

<p><img src="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/ufiles/83/1403483.jpg?ts=1484080541" alt="" width="1024" height="666" /></p>

<p>Here is one of the moth flies, FOV ca 4mm wide.<br>

<img src="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/ufiles/87/1401687.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1014" /></p>

<p>Here is the setup (flash and camera excluded) I am now using for such close shots:<br /><br /><br>

<img src="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/ufiles/92/1404292.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="471" /></p>