High Speed Flash

[Petros]

My daughter and granddaughter share a birthday in June, and for the past few years we have enjoyed warm sunny weather - great for the BBQ but difficult to get good shots in the bright sunshine! This year I decided to get to grips with the high speed flash setting and was pretty impressed with the results!


Birthdays5 by ^Petros^, on Flickr

Exif
Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 26 mm
ISO Speed 100


Birthdays4 by ^Petros^, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 80 mm
ISO Speed 100


Birthdays10 by ^Petros^, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 125


Birthdays11 by ^Petros^, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 75 mm
ISO Speed 160


Birthdays9 by ^Petros^, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/3200 sec
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 100

Peter

[colin C]

Re: High Speed Flash

Hi speed flash seems fairly scary, but once you get your first results, it all seems quite easy in hindsight.

[tesarver]

Re: High Speed Flash

Very nice set Peter. Good examples off how to use Hi-speed sync.

Tom

[Muscat]

Re: High Speed Flash

Very nice set, as the guys have said high speed sync is easy once you get past the fear factor and as you have demonstrated can give great results in harsh sun

[S_J_P]

Re: High Speed Flash

What a great example of what HSS can do Peter! I hope that seeing those images spurs other users on to try it.

[pelliott1954]

Re: High Speed Flash

Very nice set indeed, good captures of a day to remember

Regards Paul

[Petros]

Re: High Speed Flash

Thanks everyone, appreciate the comments. I did a reply yesterday but it didn’t post so sorry for the delay! I saw a Canon training post that said to leave the HSS on all the time, that way you would not lose a shot because of sync speed issues. The challenge is to try to get my head around the camera settings for background v the flash settings, whether I want to use the flash as fill or main lighting - there were some of both options used in the shots I posted. More experimentation and research required!

Peter.