Doug With the ringflash by itself, I had the best results by covering half of the flash tube with tape.
I also carried a small slave flash (that was triggered by the flash from the ringflash), held off to the side of the subject surface - I generally got the best results with the slave. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Official, details on Dpreview > Ken Waller wrote: > >> I use to do alot of evidence photography & while the ring flash was >> great >> for alot of close up work, it was lacking when it came to capturing depth >> on >> fracture surfaces. > > To get more depth on a textured surface, is it enough to have a > two-segment flash and cover one of them? Or does it "really" need a > three- or four-segment flash with one or two segments covered? Or do > you have to work harder than that and try to balance the tubes more than > "blank one out"? I'm interested in playing with this stuff, but I never > have before. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) . -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
