On 16 Dec 2004 at 1:15, Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Rob > a beautiful photo, the head and "antennas" and the colours are fantastic as > well > as the wings! What was your shooting distance here and did you set the flash > manually (with limited output) or automatic TTL? Did you use any additional > lightning (I would guess) or only that single Metz flash? I get slightly > underexposured photos with TTL flash on a Pentax AF280T and the SFXn here when > going closer than 30cm sometimes, where setting the flash manually to "low" > setting works fine...., but maybe it's the reflecting surface of the white > clay > figures?
Hi Markus, I'm glad that you enjoyed the pic. I had the lens focus wound out to 1:1 and the 1.7AF TC as I mentioned so the working distance from the tip of the extended hood was about 275mm (See pics below). The only light source was the single Metz flash operating in TTL mode set at an angle of -10 degrees with the head in the tele position. It covers small subjects like a diffuse source so the shadows aren't too bad and since it's providing illumination primarily from above (in landscape orientation) it ends up looking pretty naturally lit. Even though the exposure was made in bright daylight the aperture was such that only the bright reflection of the sky in the flys mirror like carapace is the only evidence of natural light. I prefer TTL flash though I generally have test it and add an exposure compensation offset for the particular subject. Using TTL means that I can work in aperture priority without messing with the flash too much. I haven't used my AF280T with this set-up but I will when I get a chance, though I would expect it to behave much differently. Cheers, On 15 Dec 2004 at 18:39, Don Sanderson wrote: > AOV equivelent to a 510mm, hand held. > Not a caffeine drinker, huh? > Awesome shot! > I assume the Metz can be dropped to a negative angle? > Or is the coverage adequate straight out? > What kind of working distance was this? Hi Don, Thanks. I seriously try not to drink caffeinated drinks when I'm out shooting in low light but on this occasion I was saved by flash and a relatively small aperture. The fact was that the leaf the little guy was on was blowing in the wind so it was all a bit hit and miss (and more miss I assure you). See comments to Markus above regarding my unwieldy flash set-up, following are a few Q&D shots of the gear fitted to my LX: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP9344.jpg http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP9345.jpg http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP9346.jpg Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
