Lighting, Lighting, Lighting

The art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the action of light. If that is what photography is, why does lighting have to be so damn hard? Experimenting with the flash off-body and my original DIY diffuser (a.k.a the highly modified yogurt tub.) The Graphocephala was tiny - only 3-4 mm long.

Leaf Hopper (Graphocephala versuta) Nikon D7000 ISO 200 f/11 1/125 sec. and Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser

Daddy Long Legs (Hadrobunus maculosus) Focus stack of two images. Nikon D7000 ISO 200 f/11 1/125 sec. and Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY diffuser