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A diffuser hack for a Omnibounce/Lambency type of lighting.
Made on Christmas Eve after taking a bunch of bounced-flash pictures of the family. Inspiration came from all the other diffuser/baretube hacks that have been floating around the 'net for the last few years.
It's a high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) bottle which used to hold lactose and was left over from one of the kids' medical treatments. Luckily the hole was cut accurately enough that it grips the flash body without needing extra tape, bands or velcro.
After a relaxed night in the tent near the summit of Black Hill, interesting colours, diffuse structures, and gradients appeared to the east.
You need to view the largest size to see this comparison. Series of single shots taken with and without diffusers at two different apertures. the shots are near 100% crops of photos taken at 3:1 magnification.
Diffuser 1 is 3 layers of styrofoam wrap - light loss approx 1 stop.
Diffuser 2 is a back projection material, light loss approx 2 stops.
Both applied to one of my coke can frames.
The main point being the difference between using a diffuser and not. The diffuser helps remove specular highlights in the hairs but with a reduction in contrast over the image which affects how detail is seen.
Quick add-on diffuser - part of a plastic disposable dish clipped onto the end of the MPE-65.
The diffuser worked well but tended to scare off bugs before I could shoot them.
Used for this shot www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/4565147894/ and crop www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/4565147898/
I ran across the tutorial here, but it’s just a cigarette pack with the foil facing inside. And some plastic stapled to the front so the light diffuses higher and a little better. Also it works infinitely better if the flash faces you and you bounce it off a ceiling or something.
I’m actually pretty sure it would hold up reasonably well under more practical shooting situations. You know, the kind with people in. Except it looks like some hobo taped shit onto my camera so that’s a little embarrassing.
Yeah a Speedlite would be cool, but this cost me 4¢.
This is the flash diffuser I use, made out of a KFC plastic bucket lid, courtesy of Rundstedt B. Rovillos who introduced me to reverse lens macro photography.
Immersed in absolute alcohol, the cut surface of this specimen demonstrates the follicular architecture very nicely. Choose the "Original" size to really see the detail.
Nikon F100 Film SLR @ 1/200 sec, f/16
Nikon 35mm-135mm f:3.5-4.5 AF Macro
Kodak Gold 200 ISO Color Film
Developed at Costco in C-41 chemicals
Scanned using Epson V600 (default software)
Strobist: Nikon SB20 and Nikon SB25 on a stand high and camera right. Manual full power, no flash diffusers. RPS Studio wireless transmitter.
We decided to test out our flash gear outdoors. We certainly learned a lot like: we need sandbags for the stands, we need newer more capable flashes, with higher output and faster recycle time, build out some external batteries, find better locations, etc.
Regardless, we had some fun, killed time, made mistakes, learned from mistakes, answered questions, have new questions. This is what life is all about!
This particular frame is to show the same exposure with higher flash output, less natural.
Spring is sprung here, well so it seems anyway. Usually a good sign when the willow at the end of my garden decides to open it's flowers, so I'm hoping we have left winter behind :)
Also gave me another excuse to play with the new ringflash, LOL.
One thing I had not tried, was in conjunction with other flashes, or with radio triggers. I'm pleased to say it works perfectly, though there is just one small failing. It doesnt for some reason seem to be strong enough to trigger another flash set on slave mode.
Wether this is down to the lack of light, or that the flash duration on it is much longer, so it is not recognised as a flash, I'm not sure. Just a minor inconvenience and no big deal.
With this shot, I resisted the temptation to do any editing, apart from a slight crop and re-sizing. It could probably do with a few tweaks to the levels/contrast, but I wanted to keep this straight from the camera for a change :)
Setup as normal can be seen below :-
The female Evarcha species on a flash diffuser.
This female Jumping Spider, an Evarcha species, was found in a similar place to the male Evarcha falcata. However, looking it up later it didn't seem be consistent with a female Evarcha falcata, but more like E.arcuata. Although there is one feature missing, and that is the dark cardiac stripe. It looks like a not completely mature specimen.
Any second opinions on the species are welcome as E.arcuata has not been found on this site/area before. I'll be searching for another individual now to confirm the species.
My dad purchased this for me, since I don't have a flash and have to use the onboard one when it's too dark and I'm taking pictures of kids. (They don't like to sit still.) Before he got this for me I was using a piece of wax paper over the flash. Believe it or not, this works better.
My DIY macro flash diffuser, which is simply a plastic plate with a semicircle cut out, attached to the lens hood of my Tamron 90 macro.
We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
ديفيوزر من نوع
QRD
يتم تركيبه على الحائط الموجود خلف مهندس الصوت
طبعا بغرفة الكنترول
وهو يقوم بتشتيت الصوت بغرفة الكنترول وعدم تحرك الموجات الصوتية في شكل حزم متوازية
مما يرفع كفاءة و جودة الصوت ووضوح ادق تفاصيله
مما يؤدي الى الحكم الصحيح على الصوت اثناء عمل المونتاج والمكساج و ضبط الاكولايزر
I met this fellow in Millenium Park. When I saw him he looked as though maybe he was going to assault me, then I realized that he was afraid of the same thing from me.
We exchanged greetings and he asked what I was taking pictures of. I, in turn, asked what he was doing. I got the better part of that exchange, I suppose.
He told me that he had converted his phone into a Geiger counter. I asked if he had detected any radiation in the area. He told me that he was "diffusing radio stations," and went into some detail about which frequencies. I asked him to what purpose. He replied that he was trying to deter the aliens that were trying to take away winter. The climate is going to be much milder in fifty years, he stated. He also claimed that we were all just simulations.
I told him that I had never met anyone quite like him. I thanked him, and asked if I could take a picture of his simulated appearance. He said that he did not mind, so I took this, and bid him a good day.
My brand new 2013 Classic Mulan doll has been fully deboxed. She is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser doll stand (not included with the doll). She is photographed from various angles, in diffused natural light.
The new Mulan doll for 2013 is identical to the 2012 doll, except changes to her skirt and legs. Once more Mulan, along with Pocohantas, gets no respect from the Disney Store. Her skirt is now glitter free, but is much narrower and slightly shorter. Because of the lack of glitter in the skirt, I prefer this doll over the 2012 one.
A major change, common to all the 2013 Classic Princess dolls, is the replacement of the fully articulated legs with the old rubber legs, with fixed angled feet and internal knee joints. I would rather that they fixed the problems with the 2012 legs, but when exposed the rubber legs do look a lot better, with the disadvantage of being much less posable. Also the glitter tends to stick to the rubber legs, and it cannot simply be brushed off.
The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The boxes are 1/2 inch flatter than the 2012 boxes, at 13'' H x 6'' W x 2'' D, making them more economical to produce and ship, and taking up less space on a shelf. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The backs of the boxes has a short storyline for each character, as they did before 2012. The way the dolls are packaged is much simplified, making it much easier and quicker to remove them from the box. Mostly gone are the tiny plastic T-bar fasteners, which secured the outfits to the backing and left little holes and sometimes runs in the fabric. In some cases there are still large T-bar fasteners tacking the back of the doll's head to the backing. Also the dolls with free flowing hair no longer have them flattened and sectioned into two parts, making it hard to even out the back of their hair after deboxing. Instead, their hair is gathered up and placed to one side of the doll, and secured by thread or wire. It looks good as is in the box. Or if the doll is deboxed, it is easy to shake out the hair and even it out using just your fingers.
Mulan has one T-bar fastener securing each sleeve to the backing, a rubber band around each hand tying them to plastic spacers, a couple of black wires tying down her hair, a single wire around her ankles and a wire around her waist.
The 2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, released on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. Images from the US Disney Store website. When I get the dolls in person, I will also photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.
Classic Disney Princess Mulan Doll - 12''
US Disney Store
Released online June 10, 2013.
Purchased in store June 18, 2013.
$14.95
Classic Dolls $10 each when you buy 2 or more
I've been cutting up plastic milk containers to make flash diffusers - the Gary Fong looks great but seems expensive for a bit of plastic. I wanted to throw some diffused light forward and also get plenty of widely diffused light from the ceiling as well. I marked up a 3 litre and 2 litre bottle as shown in the picture, then cut round the line to make a kind of clamshell shape, with a tail that will slip through a couple of rubber bands on the flash head.
The picture shows the fixing.
I rotate the upright flash head through 90 degrees, so that when the camera is used vertical, the head can just be folded up to the new position.