Hello István, Just like you, I don't own an external flash either, so perhaps the following might be useful to you.
I see you've used a D7000. The flash built in Nikon cameras do not rotate so they can't light upwards. But I've had some interesting results by using a paper (or even a business card, or both) held in diagonal in front of the flash, actually pressed just on the flat area under the flash body by a paper clip bent around the flash body. The diagonal orientation of the paper or card make the flash light bounce upwards and diffuse to many directions. In a room with a white and not-too-high ceiling I could have much better lit picture than with direct or without flash. I mean: much more natural colors, nicely soft contrasts on people faces, no red eyes. One trick is that this diffusion reduces flash efficiency drastically so I manually adjust flash strengh, usually to the max and if needed adjust exposure/ISO manually accordingly. One other thing is that once I did it with a two-sided business card, and after a number of snapshots, the ink on the side in front of the flash started to detach/shrink due to the heat generated by the flash (the paper did not look like burned, though, it remained pure white). Also, after dozens of flashes in a row, the flash started to sometimes not fire (making insufficiently lit shots). Perhaps this is a sign of overheating from the flash itself, I don't know. Perhaps no one should do all that because it actually damages the hardware ? I don't know. Anyway I've done this on a handful of events in the last two years and the camera (a D60 from 2009 or 2010) and built-in flash still work normally. I'm wondering if this is clear enough. Any feedback welcome, please tell me. Le 20/01/2015 22:35, KOVÁCS István a écrit : > Michael, > > I can't load your XMP's into my Darktable 1.6.1: displayed 'Cannot > load sidecar' or something similar, and went black, had to kill it. As > for lighting, I do not own a flash - it's on my list (has been there > for years now). > > Kofa > > On 20 January 2015 at 11:06, Michael Below <be...@judiz.de> wrote: >> PS: Here I found a short intro for the handheld flash method: >> http://owencherry.com/2013/01/17/lighting-candid-photos-with-handheld-flash/ >> >> >> >> Von: Michael Below [mailto:be...@judiz.de] >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015 11:02 >> An: 'KOVÁCS István' >> Cc: 'darktable-users' >> Betreff: AW: [Darktable-users] Request for edits >> >> >> >> Great. Think of these as a different starting point. For example the >> whitebalance is a guess (I did the editing on a crappy laptop monitor that >> can’t be calibrated…) >> >> >> >> For the future, you might think about lighting differently: As a Nikon user, >> you have got a very powerful wireless flash control inside your camera. If >> the light is difficult, sometimes I set the camera as CLS master without >> flash output (“—“ symbol in the menu) , and hold a flash in my other hand >> (TTL slave mode, above the subject and to the side). If you don’t have a >> flash, consider getting a portable reflector. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> Von: kovacs...@gmail.com [mailto:kovacs...@gmail.com] Im Auftrag von KOVÁCS >> István >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015 10:47 >> An: Michael Below >> Cc: darktable-users >> Betreff: Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits >> >> >> >> Thanks Michael, >> >> They look quite good on the phone. I'll check them out once I get home. >> >> Kofa >> >> On 20 Jan 2015 08:37, "Michael Below" <be...@judiz.de> wrote: >> >> Hi Istvan, >> >> Am Montag, den 19.01.2015, 22:19 +0100 schrieb KOVÁCS István: >> >>> The photos (raw, xmp, resulting jpg) are here: >>> http://tech.kovacs-telekes.org/files/darktable-edit-request-2015-01-19/ >>> >>> Any specific advice, time spent on them is much appreciated. >> Here's my take: >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7te4b4fyokxh0cw/AAC-Q4aLL7ZFUjhRRBCP7jVRa?dl=0 >> >> I used a simpler approach than you did, but included a custom white >> balance, a bit of equalizer ("clarity"), and some additional >> exposure for the faces. >> >> Cheers >> Michael >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> New Year. New Location. New Benefits. 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