You're right, it does help ..... Now how can I get the spammers to start posting onto MY old photo threads??!

The contacts between the Tx unit and the camera ....?

.... Yes, like you've just climbed into a giant sewage outlet that spews out straight into the landscape !

It's a striking effect, no doubt, I just don't find it suits this particular location. Also the blue the ringing around the black edge is overpowering .

I think the mono is very suited to the third image, and that has a strong layout and sense of space. The first one also has a wild open sense to it, although perhaps needs some stronger interest in the foreground......

An interesting selection from an interesting place!

It's one of those things that just needs a totally methodical, step by step approach. Hopefully you can set it all up from scratch again and he able to replicate the exact configuration that was working.

It does seem strange that you heard the flash recharging and it beeped. What is the beep for? Is it to indicate that it's ready to fire again. On the surface it seems to suggest that the flash DID fire ...... How do you know for sure that it didn't?

The short range setting is intended for very close distances, but it can save some power indoors in small rooms. Outside generally you'll want to use the long range setting.

None of the modes you listed is suitable for flash photography with radio systems in my opinion ..... There's just not a firm enough grip on the key exposure settings. You might have been jumping the shutter speed beyond the max sync without realising .....M mode ensures that you have total control over all the essential exposure settings.

The final thing to check is that your hotshoe connections were all tight enough ..... The lever on the V6 needs to go around a long way to fully tighten.

Again, full equipment details, and the shooting settings and flash/ trigger mode settings might throw up another possible issue. I wish the solution was more obvious!

That's frustrating for sure! Seb, we need full details of the entire flash / trigger setup, including technical approaches, modes, exposure settings etc ...everything! Only with full details could it be possible to look at possible issues.

One quick question though ... What "Range" setting are the triggers on? Short or long?

It's a good opinion! Thanks Philip and ClaudiaM, I was in two minds with the background. It is actually curtains with bright sun shining through. I used a rather long exposure in the dim room (1/20th) in order to bring in some ambient light to fill in on the off-side, and consequently got that sun pattern. It's a quick levels fix, so I'll do that later and post the result.

I'm glad you saw the photo .

Thanks all for your replies . No, you'll have to wait some more for any macro butterfly stuff Derek.....I have enough trouble persuading the kids to stand still long enough for sharp shots!

No skin softening here Gareth, you're right it's hardly needed for this type of image.

Thanks also Peter and Don, I'm glad you saw the photo.

No, not an EXTREME MACRO image !! .... something a bit more gentle .... It was hard to avoid trying my best to capture this after she came back from a Fair and Face Painting activity.

Pentax K7, D FA28-105mm, Pentax AF-540FGZII, (on-camera flash, bounced into the near wall, with 'Flag Type' diffusser), M Camera Mode (1/20th - F8 - ISO200), P-TTL Flash Mode (+2.0 Flash Compensation) ....





Thanks for your views, and views

They're colour??? That WAS bad light then ! All the more highlights the skill in getting good things out of it ....but you can look forward to even better when the sun and clouds help you out more.