-=5D2 owners unite! Discuss and Post Photos! (Round 2)

mladen77 wrote in post #12810771
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WOW!!! That`s Great Mate !!!!

My humble contribution to this thread. From last week trip to Norway.

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Upgraded to the 5D2 a few months ago:

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Nikolas wrote in post #12812909
Another trick you can use if you only have a flash and no gels/etc is to point the flash upwards and reduce its brightness, then up your iso by 2 stops and shoot at 1/60 sec. Use your hand directly behind and above the flash as a reflector, this way you don't get that direct glare and a warmer light due to it reflecting off your skin toned hand. It pays to experiment but the muted warmer lighting works wonders.

Here's a variation on using your hand along with the cameras flash... used my 50D...

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Johnny V wrote in post #12813320
Here's a variation on using your hand along with the cameras flash... used my 50D...

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Don't need no Stinkin' Strobist Kit! by JohnVitoPhoto, on Flickr

Thanks for sharing this technique. Pretty useful!

Thanks... also if you only have on camera flash you can use your hand or white card to redirect the flash on to a wall and/or ceiling to bounce the light.

Katalyst wrote in post #12812946
Sorry if I came off as an ass, I had no intention whatsoever to insult you... It could be a bit harsh though!

it's a very sharp shot, and in no way meant to be a comment on his daughter - but I do agree the lighting is harsh and looks like a snapshot with a built in flash.

Playing with my new camera.

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very nice! which lens? 70-200 or 100-400?

This was shot with my 70-200. Sorry about the jaggies caused when I compressed the file for an attached image.

I have literally gone through 150+ pages of this thread.

For those of you with the 24-70 f2.8, what do you think of the combo of it and the 135mm f2? I'm entertaining the idea of picking this up as a second lens for portrait and short tele use for my European cruise. I thought about the 85 f1.8 but I feel its too close to the 70.

Lastly, for a waist up portrait - is the 430EXII enough light or is more needed for fill light on a backlit person during sunset.

Cheers.

PS: Sorry about the hardware questions, pics will be up this weekend when my new toys arrive.