Further Fun with Flash

Moving on from a previous post lighting dried flowers with window light, lets see what happens when I hit it with some flash

Ambient 5sec @ f/16
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Black background goes grey. S’ok, I’ll use that later

Flashed from above @ 1/128 power, 1/200 f/11
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Bit hot. Thought a small light very close to the subject would act like larger light.
Nah. Soften with umbrella
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Better but very deep shadow, I’ll use that card again
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not much help

2nd flash from below, bare, 1/128. Down to f/4 to improve shadow
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Yikes.
f/8
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OK can work with that. What about the background?

Remember above?
Ambient @3/5sec, f/8

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Flashed, x2 @1/128, 1 umbrella 1 bare and white card reflector
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A couple of tweaks in darktable and

Ta Daaa
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Thanks for sharing! I just started a bit with flash photography recently (and still feel pretty clueless about it). It’s really nice to see the experimental process how you got to the final setup.

You’re welcome!
The more I do these exercises, the more I get a feel for dialing in the settings, learn where to put things & remember where I’ve put things…

OK, thats it, I’m done now…
Faux coloured gel (hue shift cbrgb)

just gotta use the technique on something more interesting
Wait, you want me to do all the work???
Over to you

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