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SB800 + water = fun

Postby Flyer on Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:22 am

Playing in the kitchen sink tonight :D

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Sigma 105 DG EX, SB800 set to 1/128th power.

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Postby Greg B on Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:52 am

Flyer, they are great! Nice work.
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Postby bago100 on Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:53 am

Good ones Flyer!
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Postby xerubus on Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:28 am

Great shots flyer once again...

the 3rd one is my favourite... perfect symmetry
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:36 am

Great shots flyer - you certainly have an excellent focussing eye.

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Postby Onyx on Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:03 am

Absolutely gorgeous shots flyer.

However (I'm being very picky here) the first one, I can notice the octagonal shaped bokeh in the background. I'm guessing it's a reflection of the 8 aperture blades in the Sigma 105 - I never knew they made them with even number of blades, most Nikkors are odd (7 or 9).
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Postby Flyer on Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:34 pm

Thanks a lot guys.
I was surprised myself at the outcome of this exercise.
The whole "shoot" took about 5 mins I think.
Just grabbed the camera, placed the drinking glass in the sink, turned the tap on & started shooting.
Didn't even use the tripod, resting camera on the edge of sink...

Onyx - I noticed the octagonal shaped bokeh as well. After that I examined the lens & the aperture blades seem to align very poorly, especially at wide apertures.
Also the gold stars on the cloth in the background didn't help, reflecting too much light.
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Postby Onyx on Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:42 pm

What sorta shutter speeds were these Flyer?
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Postby Geoff on Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:45 pm

Nice shots Flyer, it's been said by everyone prior to me, but I really like them..ou could sell some of them as really lovely nice 'new art' photos, with a black background and classy boarder...hmmm..nice! :) Well done..keep up the great work!


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Postby Flyer on Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:42 pm

Onyx wrote:What sorta shutter speeds were these Flyer?

Sorry for the late reply. :oops:
Shutter was 1/60 sec.
Flash duration was what stopped the drops.
At 1/128th output flash duration is approx. 1/41600 sec!
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Postby jethro on Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:13 pm

nice and sharp and good layout
shoot it real.

look! and see. Shoot and feel
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Postby Vicareyus on Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:50 pm

Like them a lot
Did you have the camera set to continuous shooting?
Also, what focus method did you use?
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