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Update 2/06/20: Looks likely this wood duck had migrated on, happy I got the photos of while it was here even if I took too many. :)
Still waiting for sun but had to grab a bunch of photos of the visiting wood duck even though a very heavily overcast morning with flat light. All are cropped and have noise that erodes detail but saving just in case it leaves. :) Hoping to get closer at some point but it is very skittish. Sorry for so many of the same wood duck. :) More to come.
Inspired by some of my friends flash work, I thought i would spend some time practising. It was selfie time!!!
I was playing with two light set ups. Although I couldn't take this to the street, it will be workable in a modified format.
The key light is camera right in a soft box and a rogue flashbender diffusion panel to get some double diffusion going on. It is at 1/4 power. I have a black board camera left next to me and facing the light to add some shadow to the left hand side of my face (my walls are cream coloured and very close and I was getting too much reflection).
I have got a second flash in a diffusion cap and with a brown gel on it bouncing off the ceiling (I went for brown to match the wood colour of the environment). I have also blocked it from hitting me with a foam board. Power is at 1/8th and this was acting as a light for the background and some general fill.
I used my relatively crappy Nikon D3100 to have something to focus on and to add something else to the picture. I haven't quite got it focused on my eyes but for a selfie it will do.
There was very little done in lightroom, I think I mainly increased the contrast. In photoshop I reduced the hotspot on my forehead, sharpened the image, desaturated a little and increased the blues in the shadows in colour balance.
Quite happy with how it turned out, given the terrible model who had no dress sense and was terrible at being directed :-)
Both flahses were Nissin Di866 v2
- www.kevin-palmer.com - I love seeing lightning under the stars and it doesn't happen very often around here. This storm was producing near continuous flashes and I haven't seen anything like it this year.
More fun with fill flash. I was playing with the flash speed to both stop those fast beating wings and bring out the colors and irridescence of this Costa's Hummingbird.
Even if I told you I know you won't believe
It's like I see my whole life
Flashing right before me
Model: Veronika
Foto+Bea: www.facebook.com/unplugged.photo
Branded under their 'Yellow Flash' livery scheme for the 50&51 St Budeaux - Derriford Hospital routes, Plymouth Citybus ADL Enviro400 525 WJ65BYR is snapped passing Plymouth Railway Station in some fine late afternoon sunshine we had back in May. With Cornwall now being very much MMC dominated I must admit I have warmed to the original Enviro400 design which if you ask me still doesn't look all that dated? ;-)
STROBIST
4 HSS flashguns on a FourSquare from LightwareDirect. HSS-Triggered via YN-622.No lightformers.
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Aaah, you all know these folks, right? Some citations:
"Nono, no flash, flashlight is always the wrong light!"
"I prefer daylight so much, because it is so *natural.*"
"I **only** use natural daylight, because it is the only light, that preserves my colors."
And so on.
I say: Bullshit!!!! :-)))
From left to right:
1. Daylight shot, 1/250 second, sooc
2. Underexposed Version of 1. (two stops, simulated in Adobe Camera Raw)
3. Shot with HSS flash, 1/1000 second, sooc
4. Dito, after minor ACR and PS tweaks
Most interesting thing: All shots have the same fixed constant White Balance: :T = 5500 Kelvin. :-)
No tweaks here, its all just natural magic! :-)
Well, if you shoot a sunset and overexpose (to get more of your model than just a silhouette), your water and sky will be white. But if you exposre right.... hmmm, wow, golden shine!
“Lizard Whisperer” & “Within Without” complete with flashing lights - both of the same JKPP muse Mariah for Julia Kay's Portrait Party!, Plus my portrait of Bernie & a touch of Maureen, at the top!
While having fun with shooting food splashy subjects, I started to feel a little hungry.
Strobist info "food": #1 MINOLTA 5400HS 1/32 power, @28mm, through a DIY grid, camera right, 30cm from subject. Ebay Trigger PT-04S.
Strobist info "diver": #1 MINOLTA 5400HS 1/32 power, @28mm, inside a small softbox, camera left, 1m high, 30cm from subject. Ebay Trigger PT-04S.
Post processing: GIMP 2.8.2 - composite, underwater effect and horizontal flip on diver.
Modification of an earlier upload. I have cropped it a little and added a little colour. Its just a flash shot of a dripping tap (faucet). The secret is in the timing.