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Subject: [OM] Re: [SPAM] off camera flash?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:42:40 +0100
V.v. scrummy, Andrew.  Oh and the photo's not bad either ... :-)

Actually, seriously, I do like the overall lighting.

And I am being quite serious at the moment, owing to having just put  
34litres of unleaded petrol in my beautiful Beemer (diesel).

Chris
On 3 Oct 2008, at 12:25, Andrew Fildes wrote:

>
> Really do like 107.
> I've been playing that way too. I think I've posted this before -
> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/image/103702454
> As well as a low powered fill, there was a small, old Achiever flash
> in her lap fired into the back of the ball. The front of it was
> masked off down to a 10mm (3/8") hole and it was triggered from the
> main flash with one of those cheap slaves - I've got a few out of
> junk bins. Very hit or miss, frustrating with several shots flaring
> into the lens or not triggering the 'spot flash' at all. Had good
> response to this image - the mistiness in the ball is just smudged
> fingerprints.
> Picked up one of those old glass fibre fountain lights the other day
> - the ones with colour diodes in the base to create effects at the
> tips. Hoping to make a light pipe with it running the fibre up some
> lightweight black PVC tube stuck on a cheap old flash. All I have to
> do is find an idea to use it on.



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