rain dance

Well thats what they said it was!


used the plastic 35mm 1.2 for these and some sync flash.


They were having heaps of fun anyway but got a bit hot in the 35c heat.

A really good choice to use the HSS here, which has given you perfect exposures on the subjects. You're right on with the action and the enjoyment comes through nicely. I'd suggest an even faster shutter time, maybe another 1 or 1.5 stops just to pull down the brightness of that sky more.

Thanks Nigel, the advice and idea was yours in the first place, I read your tutorial on sync flash.

E That's great, I'm so pleased to see it put into practical action! The HSS feature is an excellent tool, well done with a very nice use of it!

Regarding time values, as the duration get less and less (eg 1/500 - 1/1000 - 1/2000 etc etc) there is effectively a progressive power loss, as the ' continuous' type of flash light has less and less time to fall onto the subject, so available distances reduce quite significantly. This will be indicated on the range scale on the flash LCD screen. But most HSS work is usually portrait style, fairly close to the subject, so I've found its still powerful enough up to 1/4000 sec with a wide aperture also.

Anyway, thanks for showing us some more great examples of HSS flash! I'm sure the family all loved it. Ha, and as well, if I can demonstrate that I need a new piece of gear in order to take better shots of the KIDS, well, that tends to smooth the way for the purchase with the boss ...

Those photos gave me a lump in the throat. I remember my kids at that age jumping on the trampoline. How i miss the kids being that young and playful. I hasten to add that i love them as teens as well.

Great photos, beautifully exposed. And a great moment captured well. My wife would be ecstatic if i captured images like this rather than landscapes. I think it would open the door for me to buy more kit.

Thanks Russ it gets better when you have grand-kids( like these) as we can hand them back although living on the same property makes that hard sometimes!