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208						<h3>Camera Body</h3>
209<p>I&#8217;ve always used Canon SLRs, starting with an older Canon Elan film body. I&#8217;ve traded up many times over the years as newer camera bodies became available.</p>
210<p>My current camera body is the Canon 60D, which I purchased in October of 2010.</p>
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214<p>Before that, I was using the Canon 40D, which I purchased in the Fall of 2007.</p>
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217<h3>Lenses</h3>
218<p>I primarily use just these two lenses:</p>
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223<h3>Flash</h3>
224<p>Lighting is always a challenge for macro, and for years now I&#8217;ve been mostly relying on this specialty flash:</p>
225<div style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a class="vt-p" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006I548/naturecloseups-20"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="  " title="Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.naturecloseups.com/amazon/mt24ex.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash</p></div>
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227<p>It&#8217;s nicer than a ring flash because the lighting doesn&#8217;t come face on, but directionally from the sides. I can easily move the flash heads around the lens to control the direction of the light. I almost always change the ratio between the flash heads so that, for example, I direct more light towards the head of the subject.</p>
228<p>I&#8217;m still often unhappy with the lighting, especially for highly reflective subjects. I&#8217;ve been experimenting with different ways to diffuse the light, with varying results.</p>
229<h3>EXIF</h3>
230<p>If you&#8217;re curious about what equipment and settings were used for a specific photo, just check the EXIF info embedded in the image. Make sure you&#8217;re checking the full-resolution image though and not one of the automatically generated smaller images. Just follow the image link to the full-resolution image.</p>
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725						cancel.addEventListener( 'click', function () {
726							tellFrameNewParent( false );
727						} );
728
729						addComment.moveForm = function ( _, parentId ) {
730							tellFrameNewParent( parentId );
731							return addComment._Jetpack_moveForm.apply( null, arguments );
732						};
733					}
734				}
735				document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', watchReply );
736				// In WP 6.4+, the script is loaded asynchronously, so we need to wait for it to load before we monkey-patch the functions it introduces.
737				document.querySelector('#comment-reply-js')?.addEventListener( 'load', watchReply );
738
739								
740				const commentIframes = document.getElementsByClassName('jetpack_remote_comment');
741
742				window.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
743					if (event.origin !== 'https://jetpack.wordpress.com') {
744						return;
745					}
746
747					if (!event?.data?.iframeUniqueId && !event?.data?.height) {
748						return;
749					}
750
751					const eventDataUniqueId = event.data.iframeUniqueId;
752
753					// Change height for the matching comment iframe
754					for (let i = 0; i < commentIframes.length; i++) {
755						const iframe = commentIframes[i];
756						const url = new URL(iframe.src);
757						const iframeUniqueIdParam = url.searchParams.get('iframe_unique_id');
758						if (iframeUniqueIdParam == event.data.iframeUniqueId) {
759							iframe.style.height = event.data.height + 'px';
760							return;
761						}
762					}
763				});
764			})();
765		</script>
765
766		</body>
767</html>

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