That's the reflector I have. Yes, it would have worked well for my second pic below. And I have used it in that type of situation. Paul On May 23, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
> Now I do see your pics Paul. > The second pic is not what I'm thinking about. The flash washes out > the Tungstein cast very nicely, and mixes good with the natural day > light. So I see no problem there. Fine picture BTW. > > Nothing wrong about first picture either. Subject is well light, and > they pops nicely from the yellow background. But in some situations I > want the subject to pop less. I'm not necessarily after a perfect temp > mix, but slightly less popped. > > The gold reflector here http://www.lumiquest.com/lq931.htm. is what > made me ask. > I was hoping it could give me the "pop less effect" I'm after. > > I beleave I've got that confirmed. So thanks to all who has chimed in. > > MaritimTim, in Pop Less Mode :-) > 2008/5/23 William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tim Øsleby" >> Subject: Re: Another flash topic: Colortemp and filters >> >> >>> Photonet don't load here. Happens every now and then BTW. So I cant >>> see the pics. I'll have another look later. >>> >>> But I do have one more question. What's the purpose of gold >>> reflectors? Giving the subject a tan? :-) >>> Could it be useful for balancing flash light with tungstein light? >>> >> >> I built a big reflector, close to 4'x6' (1.3x2 meters) many years >> back. I built the frame out of >> copper plumbing pipe and my wife made a reflector fabric to fit >> out of gold lamé fabric, which >> happily, was black on the reverse side. I had a big honkin' warm >> relflector to warm up my >> glamour portraits, and a gobo, all built into one piece of equipment. >> >> William Robb > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

