try a different flash first.
try the flash on a different body next.
then try a pc to hotshoe adapter on the flash.
once you know where the problem is you'll know what you need to fix.

please don't cost more than my motorcycle....I'd hate to have to choose one over the other.....

shure.
grab a flashlight, and point it at an object so the center of the beam of light hits the object straight on, in a dim room.
notice how the light hits the object, then move the light accross the object so the lights' edge is hitting the object, and the rest of the light spills accross the object.
that is feathering.
the tecnique allows you to use one light source as if it were two, and also gets the light a little softer.
many lightsources will have a bright spot in the center (the flashlight idea above demonstraites this well) and the edge light from the source is both softer and overall more even if the edgelight is closer to the subject than the hotspot. (my softbox is very even all the way accross, but it does show with unbrellas).

yes Liam the montage is 16x20 for a class assignment.
The lettering superimposed on "city at night images" shot from a rotating restaraunt from "the Fort Garry Hotel" and is meant to be seen enlarged.
I saw what the other students were turning in and wanted to stand out from a croud of traditionally framed, images stuck to a colored background. With big bold lettering. I am going to try the white drop shadows, maybe even try it with light grey borders....

I felt that if this had been a tourisism brochure that the lettering would need a "slap in the face" type grab for attention, but as it is, I wanted it to catch your attention, draw you into thw scenics with the horfrost, then when you notice the lettering, make you work for it (to read it) and draw you into the city images. these images were all shot on ds2, and also shot on slide film with a k1ooo. simply to show some skill in metering.

The comments on the borders are apreciated.

Mac, sorry no ringflas on this one.
four foot softbox (elenchrom) used from the side (feathered to provide main and fill), one strobe above and behind(equal intensity to the "main" to kick the highlights in the hair and provide seperation, and lastly one strobe behind the white seamles paper backdrop (shoulder hight angled accross to pick up the beige color from the wall, and erase a shadow cast by a livingroom window that was behind the backdrop).
border was added in post with color picked from his pants.

good point about the toes. good thing I saved the file as a psd in aperture.
I can resize the canvass, and resize the boarder effect quite easily!
all the images used were done with a ds2, 50mm 1.4, 28-70 f4, and 28-200.

Hope you guys like.




any feedback welcome

sell canon stuff on Ebay
buy pentax stuff on ebay
be happier in the long run.

I wonder if my radiator gets hot enough to cook one of those things.....
of course you Britt's probably like them aged a fair bit, before you roast them....

you haven't seen a prairie chicken aka grouse, walking towards you with a curious expression, moments after your 410 shotgun killed his two buddies, giving you ample time to reload. again

remember my philosiphy on stupid animals is the same as for stupid people.
with millions of years of "Evolution" behinds us, we've had plenty of time to weed out the stupid ones.....therfore Darwin must be wrong....the dumb ones serve as proof there is a God (and he has a sense of humor).

just launch a quick search on squirrells in the forum, and take my advice.....Don't get us started on That subject again...or I'm telling Mac.
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Why, oh why did He have to make them smarter than us guys?
It's not fair!
Pentax has some waterproof point and shoots...back in the good ol daze, there was the olympus stylus 28-80, but I'll be damned if there's anything digital out there I could recommend, unless you find a canon g5 on evilbay.