On Jun 26, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 6/26/2012 3:03 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> Walt, as several people said, - it's a very nice colorful (albeit B&W) >> photos! >> >> As for the flash, - if the flash head allows tilt/swivel, >> depending on the room, I'd try to bounce the light of the ceiling or >> even swivel it 180 degrees (so it would point backward). >> >> Also, I found that in this type of setting, if the flash is capable of >> "A" setting, it works better than P-TTL. >> (At least with my Metz 58, which, for this reason, I like better than >> Pentax AF 540FGZ. I also think that the small forward looking flash on >> Metz 58 helps for catch lights when the flash light is bounced of the >> wall or the ceiling. That's assuming that it does what I think it does.) >> >> Igor >> >> > Thank you, Igor! > > I was using the built-in flash on my K20D for those shots. Unfortunately, I > don't have a flash with an A setting -- just one that I can use manually, > which is fine if I have time to make several attempts to get the shot just > right. Unfortunately, with the very uneven lighting in the bar area, and the > nature of the shots I'm trying to take, it's just not practical.
You could try making one of my cheap-ass fongdongs, and just leave it at the bar http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157606657830875/ AKA "light grenade" because it throws photons in every direction. It might work even better to make one out of clear plastic, but with a diffuser on the end so the light getting scattered isn't attenuated quite so much. > > I have used the fingers of latex gloves to diffuse the on-camera flash in the > past, and it seemed to work pretty well. I just didn't think to take one to > work with me at the time, There isn't a condom machine in the bathroom? > unfortunately. I may get a real flash before too long, though. I'll just have > to save up my pennies for a while. > > -- Walt > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
