Toby shot using HSS
Posted 31/03/2017 - 19:07
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Fabulous images, these are some of the best I've seen where flash has been used to great effect. Very natural and balanced looking.
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David
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David
Posted 01/04/2017 - 16:43
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McGregNi wrote:
Yes, the Pentax flashes behave the same way, flicking automatically into and out of HS Sync mode as you cycle the shutter 'speed' up and down around the max-sync figure. So long as the sync mode is set to 'HS' this will occur, which is very handy in changing light (say the sun was coming and going behind the clouds) .... then you have to juggle the ambient exposure a bit, and the nice thing is you can leave the flash and sync mode to just get on with it.
I'm not sure if Metz flashes are different, but the Pentax ones offer only P-TTL mode for HSS operation .... This is fine for me, as managing manual flash power control during HSS shooting is a further complication that is best done without.
Again, well done here Adrian ... for me, the real treat with these shots is the well controlled and balanced lighting, which has allowed both aspects of your images (ie the backgrounds and the subject) to be correctly lit and exposed. Without flash then one or the other would have been a compromise.
The Metz only has 4 modes, P-TTL, Manual, Slave and LED (for video work I think), with HSS activated automatically with appropriate shutter speed. Still learning!
Yes, the Pentax flashes behave the same way, flicking automatically into and out of HS Sync mode as you cycle the shutter 'speed' up and down around the max-sync figure. So long as the sync mode is set to 'HS' this will occur, which is very handy in changing light (say the sun was coming and going behind the clouds) .... then you have to juggle the ambient exposure a bit, and the nice thing is you can leave the flash and sync mode to just get on with it.
I'm not sure if Metz flashes are different, but the Pentax ones offer only P-TTL mode for HSS operation .... This is fine for me, as managing manual flash power control during HSS shooting is a further complication that is best done without.
Again, well done here Adrian ... for me, the real treat with these shots is the well controlled and balanced lighting, which has allowed both aspects of your images (ie the backgrounds and the subject) to be correctly lit and exposed. Without flash then one or the other would have been a compromise.
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Posted 01/04/2017 - 16:48
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davidstorm wrote:
Fabulous images, these are some of the best I've seen where flash has been used to great effect. Very natural and balanced looking.
Regards
David
I think there's a fair amount of beginner's luck involved (the number of binned images far outnumber the keepers).Fabulous images, these are some of the best I've seen where flash has been used to great effect. Very natural and balanced looking.
Regards
David
Alas the fun has to stop, back to work on Monday following over a month away
Thanks for all the kind comments.
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Adrian
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Posted 02/04/2017 - 13:23
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These are great... very natural and wonderfully windy...
Best
Best
Posted 02/04/2017 - 19:12
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Thanks Bill.
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Posted 02/04/2017 - 21:13
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The detail in his hair and face is outstanding and the exposures spot on! Really like these
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Posted 02/04/2017 - 23:35
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Posted 04/04/2017 - 01:19
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Thanks redbusa99.
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