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Postby beej on Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:34 am

My first attempt with the fill flash during the day. This was taken under a tree one bright day, where it was too hard to expose with the bright background.

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Shutter = 1/320"
F Stop = F/4
ISO = 200
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:36 am

Beej - it works! :lol:

A question tho’ - did you use the inbuilt flash or a SB unit?
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Postby beej on Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:42 am

I wish it was a SB-800..... just the on board for me.
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Postby xerubus on Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:48 am

i like this... really separates the foreground and background... nice...

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:51 am

Tanks Beej - I will go with Mark on this a very nice pic :D
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Postby beej on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:02 am

Thanks guys.

I also learnt how to cast ugly shadows when using the inbuilt flash and the lens hood. Ruined a lot of shots that way (when taken zoomed out), as it was too hard to notice the shadow on the LCD in daylight, discovered them when i got home and loaded the up on the PC.

...trial and error.

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Postby gstark on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:18 am

Beej,

This looks great.

beej wrote:I also learnt how to cast ugly shadows when using the inbuilt flash and the lens hood.


Did you have the hood on the right way?

And correctly and securely mounted?

My guess would be tha you didn't; it shouldn't cause these problems ...
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Postby beej on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:24 am

I'm pretty sure it was mounted correctly.

When the hood is mounted, the long edges of the hood are top and bottom.

And taking a shot at 18mm allows you too see the shadow created by the low-lying inbuilt flash.

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:29 am

beej wrote:I'm pretty sure it was mounted correctly.

When the hood is mounted, the long edges of the hood are top and bottom.

And taking a shot at 18mm allows you too see the shadow created by the low-lying inbuilt flash.

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You are right Beej - if shooting at 18mm with the inbuilt flash the hood does interfere and it is recommended to remove when shooting around 18mm
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Postby gstark on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:29 am

Ok, right, but only at 18mm.

How are you holding the camera? Is a hand perhaps getting in the way?
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Postby Oneputt on Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:50 am

I think that is an excellent result - well done.
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Postby kipper on Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:15 pm

I noticed overseas when taking photos with inbuilt, hood reversed, and at about 18mm I had shadowing on the subject. I put it down to my hand getting in the way at times.
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