Could anyone advise. I took some photos around 9pm (sod cutting under people and portraits) and used my flash. I am only wondering whether I would have got better lighting if I had pulled down the sliding,plastic screen over the flash head to perhaps give me more light. I am repeating one of the photos from "sod cutting-hearitage gardens"
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Canon 430EX- Plastic screen
Canon 6D; Canon 760D;Canon G15;Canon 40mm f2.8(Pancake);Canon 50mm f1.8(ii); Canon 17mm-40mm f4L;Canon EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM;Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM lens;Canon 24mm-105mmf4L IS;Canon 70-300mm f4-f5.6 L IS USM;Kenko 1.4x HD TC;Canon 430EX ii flash;Giottos tripod;Manfretto monopod;Cokin P filters + bits and pieces!
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That is the wide panel it gives your flash a wide beam, it's 14mm on the 580 series flashguns maybe it's the same on yours.
There is a custom function that auto zooms your flash gun head from widest 24mm to 105.
Conc: Makes the beam wider - but it's effective for less range.
Trev
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Tells you what the panel does, on the question of better light it doesn't tell you alot. :-)
With this picture the line up looks wrong to me with tall persons closest to the camera.
I'd seek to re-gig that a bit and maybe shoot earlier with 1 flashgun for a bit more available light
There may be other things I'd look at if I was actually there shooting this, but I'm not.
Is that "Our" Brain on the far right ?? :-)))
Trev
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North Wales where music and the sea give a great concert!
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The issue with the dark background is down to the shuter speed.
Flash exposed the subjects well and for the chosen aperture you needed the shutter to stay open a bit longer if you wanted the background brighter.5DIII, 5DII with Grips| 24-70 f2.8L MkII | 24-105 f4L IS | 70-200 f2.8L IS MkII | 50 f/1.4 | 85 f1.8 | 100 f2.8 | 1.4x MkII | Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 | 580EX II | 600EX RT | Stofen Diffuser | Manfroto 190 CF Tripod w/490RC2 | Epson R3000 | Lexmark CS 510 DE | Nova 5 AW | Mini Trekker AW | Lowepro x300AW | Lastolite Gear (inc HiLite 6x7) | Elinchrom Studio Gear & Quadras
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thanks for all your comments. I completely forgot to adjust the ISO. Brian you are so right. One can't remember all the do's and don't do's at short requests!!!!Canon 6D; Canon 760D;Canon G15;Canon 40mm f2.8(Pancake);Canon 50mm f1.8(ii); Canon 17mm-40mm f4L;Canon EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM;Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM lens;Canon 24mm-105mmf4L IS;Canon 70-300mm f4-f5.6 L IS USM;Kenko 1.4x HD TC;Canon 430EX ii flash;Giottos tripod;Manfretto monopod;Cokin P filters + bits and pieces!
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North Wales where music and the sea give a great concert!
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Nathaniel
I find it useful to find a "correct" exposure first then when shootig with flash you can choose to add a little fill or you can darken the background by altering the shutter speed.
Altering the Aperture will increase/decrease the power required by the flash and amending the ISO affects both the exposure and background
Brian's right that if you are shooting with a low ISO in low light then the ambient exposure without flash may be under exposed so increasing the ISO will help recover some of the under exposure - and brightening up the background a bit.Last edited by EOS_Jim; 15-06-2011, 16:20.5DIII, 5DII with Grips| 24-70 f2.8L MkII | 24-105 f4L IS | 70-200 f2.8L IS MkII | 50 f/1.4 | 85 f1.8 | 100 f2.8 | 1.4x MkII | Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 | 580EX II | 600EX RT | Stofen Diffuser | Manfroto 190 CF Tripod w/490RC2 | Epson R3000 | Lexmark CS 510 DE | Nova 5 AW | Mini Trekker AW | Lowepro x300AW | Lastolite Gear (inc HiLite 6x7) | Elinchrom Studio Gear & Quadras
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Thanks Jim. I will keep all this in mind-hopefully.Canon 6D; Canon 760D;Canon G15;Canon 40mm f2.8(Pancake);Canon 50mm f1.8(ii); Canon 17mm-40mm f4L;Canon EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM;Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM lens;Canon 24mm-105mmf4L IS;Canon 70-300mm f4-f5.6 L IS USM;Kenko 1.4x HD TC;Canon 430EX ii flash;Giottos tripod;Manfretto monopod;Cokin P filters + bits and pieces!
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North Wales where music and the sea give a great concert!
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