Elinchrom Quadra or Ranger?

everybody got the smiley faces going on.. haha..

mother boomed the quadra system with the 39 Deep Octa..

i had the light on the lowest power i think.. the sky port is very nice to work with.. and also the modeling lights on the quadra was a saver! i didn't have my speed lights on to auto focus and this modeling lamp worked like a charm..

i always forget that this lighting system has the modeling feature ! Duh!..

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperturef/2.5
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed250
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/-phamster-/4883745545/

phamster wrote in post #10705418
everybody got the smiley faces going on.. haha..

Yeah, they're all laughing at me. Not WITH...

Nice shot, BTW, although I'd probably clone out that stuff bottom right.

How are you gelling the Quadra?

@ mickey

i did't gel it at all.. does it look like i gelled it?

phamster wrote in post #10705480
@ mickey

i did't gel it at all.. does it look like i gelled it?

does not sir.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #10705459
How are you gelling the Quadra?

I was wondering the same thing, that lamp seems like incandescent so some colour temp balancing must be needed. Or is it Photoshop masking colour balance?

phamster wrote in post #10705480
@ mickey

i did't gel it at all.. does it look like i gelled it?

No, not really, but subtle gels can be, well, subtle

You said the other day you always gelled your lights, so I was wondering.

yea.. i have shot with this thing 4-5 times now.. and the color isn't blueish like the speed lights..
so i dont' think i need to gel this quadra..

does anybody else feel the same way? no need to gel the quadra?

phamster wrote in post #10705517
does anybody else feel the same way? no need to gel the quadra?

You could always use a gold deflector

phamster wrote in post #10705517
yea.. i have shot with this thing 4-5 times now.. and the color isn't blueish like the speed lights..
so i dont' think i need to gel this quadra..

does anybody else feel the same way? no need to gel the quadra?

That lamp (the one high on the wall) must easily produce light with a temperature below 3000K (I bet closer to 2700K) and your Quadra is around 5000K. So yes, it is way bluish than the lamp. However in your pic the temp looks nicely balanced, I would had swore you used a gel. Or may be the light is so far away contamination does not affect the image..

@ Telles..

the light was just out of frame about 8 feet or so..

but you are right.. i probably got some mix from that super warm light like 7000K..

3000k would be like ice cold blue! haha.. but i know what you were saying..

phamster wrote in post #10705418
everybody got the smiley faces going on.. haha..

mother boomed the quadra system with the 39 Deep Octa..

Looks like pole adapter is working out well....
Just let the mom's boom the flash

J Kacey wrote in post #10705685
Looks like pole adapter is working out well....
Just let the mom's boom the flash

yes.. sir.. best little 30 dollar piece of hardware yet !

the pole i am using is a water hose handle extender for a broom mop thingy..
pretty light weight set up..

any mother can handle it ! haha..

That's awesome...
I just machined a version of the adapter to accept a ball head to boom the camera to get some interesting perspectives. A few wedding photographers have been asking me for the longest time to make them. I don't think mom will be holding the camera poles... LOL

So do you always use it with the front diffuser off? Is that how you get that nice focused light?

Thanks,

Joe

[QUOTE=phamster;107057​28]yes.. sir.. best little 30 dollar piece of hardware yet !

the pole i am using is a water hose handle extender for a broom mop thingy..
pretty light weight set up..

any mother can handle it ! haha..