Playing with Sparklers and the SB800

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Playing with Sparklers and the SB800

Postby sheepie on Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:53 pm

Final one for tonight - we've been camping this weekend :)

Played a bit with the settings on the SB800 flash, and am becoming more and more happy with the results:

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Postby Manta on Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:21 am

That's a great shot Sheepie - you've really nailed that SB800. The balance between the flash and light thrown by the sparkler is fantastic.

As a relatively new owner of said beastie, could you enlighten me ('scuse the pun) as to the settings you used?
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Postby marcus on Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:57 am

Thats like seeing it through the naked eye! Great shot, well done. I'll have to get me one of those!
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Postby Killakoala on Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:26 pm

Great lighting balance sheepwana. Well done...
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:06 pm

Great light balance. What were the settings on the flash?
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Postby sheepie on Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:07 pm

PiroStitch wrote:What were the settings on the flash?

OK - this is a bit from memory and a bit from the EXIF (although the EXIF reckons it was with the built-in flash, but I'm sure it was the SB800!)...

Shutter Priority, 1/2 sec
Handheld, 50mm 1.8 D @ F/2.8
ISO 200
Rear Curtain Flash Sync Mode
Flash Comp -0.3EV

Pretty sure the flash was set to iTTL, but the EXIF has me confused.

This is a crop of the original - the full frame has more of the background in it (which I tend to do on purpose - you can always crop, you can't replace something that isn't there!).
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Postby Manta on Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:02 pm

Thanks for that Sheepie. It will be added to my rapidly expanding SB800 knowledge base. :wink:
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Postby james m on Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:31 pm

great pic and nicely lit ....

have you tried playing with repeating flash and waving the sparklers around ?
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Postby flipfrog on Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:12 am

sheepie
kool shot!

would have been kool to see an abstract, more macro shot of the sparklers tho...maybe witht he boy's hands
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