A Flash Modifier For Shooting Macro I call it a flash pipe. It is an antiseptic wipe dispenser with the branding peeled off and lined with aluminum foil. There was a flip lid that I broke off and the resulting opening is as good a fit as I could hope for on my cheap, generic flash. I glued the foil in with Elmer's Contact Cement after I roughed up the inside with course sand paper. This is a macro shot taken with a homemade flash modifier. The objective of the project was to get the light output past the end of the lens. The dispenser is an opaque plastic that can act as a diffuser. Notice the shadows in the upper edge of the SONY letters. The light is shining from directly above the subject. This is the dispenser mounted to my flash unit. This shot was taken with the flash mounted on a light stand. I used a a PocketWizzard to trigger this shot. I wanted to see what the output looked like. I need to glue in a strip of foil around the front ...