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I recently purchased a Cactus V2 radio flash controller from Gadget Infinity on Ebay. Although they worked decently out of the box, I personally wasn't getting very good consistancy or distance out of them. So following the lead of some other members of the strobist.com group, I decided to add an antenna.
I used the antenna from an old cordless phone I had laying around in the garage, because the size was perfect and all I had to do was take the old phone apart and I had everything I needed.
I simply soldered the blue wire onto the antenna on the Cactus trigger circuit board. It is a hole in the circuit board with a little silver ring around it.
Next I drilled a hole it the top of the cover to fit the antenna cover through. The antenna cover is rubber and has a square base, so it holds itself in place. The blue wire simply slides into the cover.
With this modification the reliability of the trigger improved to nearly 100%, and the distance from which it will function has grown exponentially. Formerly I could only get about 25 feet away with any success. So far I have been able to get about 200 feet and still it works perfectly. I have not tried any further than 200 feet, but my suspicion is that it will work as far as 1000 feet.
Strobist info: I shot this in a light box with modeling lamps, and put my 430ex inside the box to the left and in front of the trigger. I fired the flash remotely with my Canon STE2 in ETTL mode.
Last week, I received my "big stopper" and I was itching to get out and use it; so, I headed out to the coast and eventually landed in Pacifica, CA. This city is usually blanketed by fog so I was really crossing my fingers for some nice clouds. As I arrived it started to sprinkle, so I pulled out my golf umbrella and shot away. The rain continued so I had no choice but to shoot the pier from this location. The rain eventually gave up and I shot other comps, but to be honest I liked this one the best. Long exposures (B&W) are not as easy as you think and takes lots of patience. By the way, the "big stopper" is a must in every landscape photographer's bag. It's so much easier then the round screw on type.
Here in the bay area, we are lucky to be schooled by local black & white master, Steve. Click here for some serious black & white inspiration.
Hope you all have a great holiday weekend and may you and your camera find some beautiful light. As always, thanks for your support and visits. Jave
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Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from
which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
-Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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PHOTO:
Taken on my way from Turkey to Israel (through
Mediterranean sea)
Just my last breakfast on board of "Iris" -ship
(Mano-cruise company). We are arriving to Haifa (from
Turkey).
23 September 2007, morning.........
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
The International Railway Bridge carries a railway line across the Niagara River between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
I was almost arrested by the Ontario police for getting too close to this international bridge; thank God I got only warning.
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105 f/2.8L USM IS. F/11, ISO 400.
The Infinity Bridge in Stockton-on-Tees really lends itself to black and white photography. The design flows like a ribbon across the sky, and in the evening light it has some amazing lights and shadows.
Bridge reflections changed as the as the mirror like still water was blown away. Didn't mind the result though. Shot with the Fuji XE2.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Bridge
The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale Business Park and the University of Durham's Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees on the south bank of the Tees with the Tees Valley Regeneration's £320 million North Shore development on the north bank.
This is both an homage to the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend and a tribute to the story that got me into comics... "The Infinity Gauntlet."
I was really happy with the paint job done by Melody Pekarek and I had my friend Ruby Rose Kelley take the picture.
Edit: This is now my first pic to get over 1000 views. Probably doesn't seem like a big deal but it is to me.