The Shaolin Botol Susu Diffuser (Plastic Milk Bottle) For 1:1 Macro Photography!
Someone said I should patent it so I can become a millionaire and have a massive house like Gary Fong?
Anyway rather than buy an expensive R1C1 Macro Ring Light.....I thought I'd adapt my existing SB-800 to suite my macro taking needs. I got the original idea from Lord-V over on Flickr.
He has all kinds of cool stuff he DIY's himself, he uses mostly Coke Can diffusers now though.
Basically what I wanted is a 'device' that spread the light evenly and softly across the area where my Tamon SP90 focuses and extends to during 1:1 macro shooting, I scouted around for a while for bottles and found the ideal bottle. A milk bottle!
If you want to do something similar you'll need:
1) A plastic bottle
2) Kitchen Foil
3) Kitchen Towel
4) Double sided sticky tape or glue
5) Normal Tape
6) A sharp knife
That's all! Less than 10 bucks as you probably have some of it already.
I decided to use this bottle as I could have the top extend our further than the bottom to cast the light downwards onto my subject, so the first thing I did was hack the top out where the handle and the opening were.
