Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day Mike. If you are talking about sorta close photo's of flowers then studio lights and a competent flash meter work great. As another poster mentioned the pictures work better if you use relatively soft light at something close to 90 degrees to the flower. To fill in the shadows a fill card works well. In situations where you can't pull a Polaroid I would make many exposures with very minor changes in main light position and or changes in the placement of the fill. If your desire is to take really close images, say from 1/4 to twice life-size then there is nothing better than a TTL flash on a off camera cord. At those distances softening the flash is optional as the flash head is much bigger than the subject(what a soft box does) The easiest approach is to set up the shot with the camera on a tripod, flash in one hand, cable release in the other, and the fill card in your third hand. You might find some clamps and a variable arm a better choice than growing a third arm. Again, move the flash to vary the lighting. At these ranges move the flash all over the place including behind the blossom. If you have more questions please contact me. Don dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html