Larry, You're working too hard. On Paul S's recommendation, I bought a lightsphere diffuser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCBzE-6SrVA It works great. Cheaper still, try a sheet of soft white foam. Cut down an 8x10 sheet of 1/4 inch thick foam. Use a rubberband to hold it as a bounce card on the flash head. I've had this work well and it rolls up for travel. Somebody made a video on how to... Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 03:32:39AM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: > # The first one is particularly lovely. > # > # Please tell me more about the "water jug diffuser". > > For what it's worth, I post pictures of all of my experiments, like my > home made tripod base, in my technical collection: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157603434404232/ > > The water jug diffuser is made out of a 1 gallon plastic water jug: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157606657830875/ > > I was having troubles with it shining into the elements of my FA31 and > cut it down, and it doesn't work quite as well. I'll need another full > size one soo. > > The next step that I need to do in making my diffusers is to come up > with a better test for them. I wasn't even keeping track of which was > which, but this shows the variation in pattern: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157613391630547/ > > I don't remember which one it is, but the water jug diffuser actually > had one of the best patterns. Rather than using a broomstick for a > focusing target, I need to use a mannequin head or something better > for seeing the quality of the light. > > # > # Rick > # > # http://photo.net/photos/RickW > # > # > # --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > # > # > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > # > Subject: Re: today's play > # > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > # > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 3:47 AM > # > Went back and tried it with a flash at night: > # > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157613557430687/ > # > > # > I think there's some potential there. I really need to > # > learn more > # > about using flashes. > # > > # > -- > # > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the > # > dance in the steps. > # > Larry Colen [email protected] > # > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > # > > # > > # > -- > # > 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. > > -- > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
