Slave Flash

It is windy and chilly outside and has been the whole day. So the family stayed indoors..

Played with the slave flash after reading my Master and Slave manuals twice! and got a few shots .. Still a long way to go before perfecting positioning, power, strobe etc. etc.

This statue from our Ummachchi shelf is around 2 inches tall but had lot of detail..

Jr. was a much better subject. This flash definitely opens up some interesting possibilities to get off axis lighting and the ability to create nice shadows

Plus, much fun can be had by hiding the slave flash on a shelf or behind them and see how they are surprised by lights going from different angles.

The experiments continue..

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Lessons learned and learning..

The sun was setting and the skies turned red. The green leaves looked greener.. the red ones looked a flaming red and the gold leaves, well they looked amazing!

Took a shot of the 50+ foot Crystal Amber tree in the backyard and was extremely happy with the results.

Then the thought of placing a kid in the foreground and how it would be great entered my head. My ever willing model aka Jr. said she would step out and pose for one photo and one photo only.

We took one photo and she went "Daddy, I cannot see anything anymore!". For a second I got really worried. Luckily, her temporary blindness faded and she is fine and can see everything.

Just out of curiosity, took a shot without Jr. in the frame with the flash. This thing is very very powerful! The apple tree is a good 40 feet away and it got lit up with the flash. Poor Jr. , no wonder she had a temporary blinding effect.

Should have bounced the flash off my back! There is a lot more to learn on what not to do as well as what to do with this new equipment!

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A milk droplet

Milk droplet hits water in bowl and rebounds up..

Shot with the 2.5f 50mm macro on tripod.

This is the first time trying this. Have seen it before a zillion times from National Geographic (when in middle school) to every strobe flash ad.

The experimentation begins..

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