Bruce, Hoods are my friends as well. Interesting photo - an oriental model in a glamor wardrobe. The flare does add a bit of mystery... Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hood was firmly in place, Bob. I'm a firm believer in them, and I > always use 'em, even indoors. > > The cooling vents on the softboxes were velcroed open. At my distance, > I could see the bare flash tube, so 300WS of light was hitting me at > about 15 degrees off -- x2: from two sides! > > I later closed the vents and solved the problem. > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bruce, >> Don't tell me you didn't have the lens hood on the DA55/1.4 !?? >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Just a quick PESO to check in. More to come ... >>> >>> http://500px.com/photo/4839497 >>> >>> Attended my first organized collab studio shoot on Saturday. Two >>> models, hair & MUA, and four photographers including me. 7 hours of >>> intense learning. But it was a trial by fire for me; suffered >>> 3rd-degree burns; still licking my wounds. :) Lots of mistakes. A few >>> okay shots. The others were all shooting Canon 5D's; one is a 9-5 >>> commercial product shooter. 3 heavy hitters ... and me. :) Well worth >>> it for me though, as I made good contacts. >>> >>> This shot is of model Elle. After a couple of initial test shots, I >>> was puzzling over the very visible haze. The other photogs had a look >>> and said "Damn! I want that lens!" When I figured out it was veiling >>> flare caused by a light-leak from a vent in the softboxes, I was going >>> to eliminate it. Then I figured, "what the hell!" and did a few shots >>> with it. A very happy accident! :) >>> >>> We dubbed it the Magic Lens Spiritual Fog effect. >>> >>> K20D, DA* 55mm/1.4 @ f/9, 125th sec, ISO 200. >>> Couple of Bowens 400WS strobes in big softboxes and a wireless trigger >>> thingy. >>> >>> Comments welcome, of course. >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
