First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~

benjamin_ · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

C+C appreciated, thanks!

drkstang00 · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

Those are great looking! Nice work

hendrickmtscz · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

beautiful.
could you tell me how you did those? I am real new to photography

chrisisonfire23 · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

Wow! Great Job! Love the different Colors

xepherys · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

I especially like the black on white. Very cool!

Josue DG · 24th of March 2009 (Tue)

Yes, I as well would like to know how you got those great shots!

benjamin_ · 25th of March 2009 (Wed)

Thanks for the comments everybody!

These shots were actually very simple to do. I was fairly intimidated before I started shooting, but it only took my about 3 shots to get the settings just where I needed them.

Here is a pic of the setup:

I had the smoke rising about 16-18 inches in front of the black background with my off-camera flash (with snoot) aimed at it at a 90 degree angle from my camera. I had the flash on full power, camera was at around F16 and 1/125 and ISO 100.

If you're going to try it, good luck!

Justdoit · 25th of March 2009 (Wed)

Beautiful. Really good job. I want to try this soon. Only critique I have is that I think there is too much candle in the last one. I understand that you want to show it but there's really too much. It takes up wayy too much of the picture.

benjamin_ · 25th of March 2009 (Wed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justdoit

Beautiful. Really good job. I want to try this soon. Only critique I have is that I think there is too much candle in the last one. I understand that you want to show it but there's really too much. It takes up wayy too much of the picture.

Thank you for the critique, that's an easy fix!

Bendel · 25th of March 2009 (Wed)

Number 4 would be a great background on my 1280 x 1024 monitor.

But really, I like them a lot. Something I will have to try sometime.

Logan_from_Miami · 27th of March 2009 (Fri)

Love #2

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benjamin_ Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 93	First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~ C+C appreciated, thanks!

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hendrickmtscz Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 20	Re: First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~ beautiful. could you tell me how you did those? I am real new to photography

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benjamin_ Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 93	Re: First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~ Thanks for the comments everybody! These shots were actually very simple to do. I was fairly intimidated before I started shooting, but it only took my about 3 shots to get the settings just where I needed them. Here is a pic of the setup: I had the smoke rising about 16-18 inches in front of the black background with my off-camera flash (with snoot) aimed at it at a 90 degree angle from my camera. I had the flash on full power, camera was at around F16 and 1/125 and ISO 100. If you're going to try it, good luck!

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Justdoit Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 160 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~ Beautiful. Really good job. I want to try this soon. Only critique I have is that I think there is too much candle in the last one. I understand that you want to show it but there's really too much. It takes up wayy too much of the picture. __________________ 40D \| 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 \| 70-200 f/4 L non-IS \| 430 EX II \| Tokina 12-24mm f/4 \| 50 mm f/1.4 Here to learn.

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Bendel Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 304	Re: First attempt at off-camera flash ~~smoke~~ Number 4 would be a great background on my 1280 x 1024 monitor. But really, I like them a lot. Something I will have to try sometime.

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