Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Nice colors. Is this a built-in flash? Have you tried off-camera flash? I shot some of my wife's orchids using off-camera flash from either underneath, or behind the flowers. The result was not bad. I got an intense luminous colors from the flowers. -Pasvorn On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > I decided to try using minimum fill flash in closeup shots outdoors. ?In > this case, it helped the flower considerably, but washed out the pale > Clouded Sulphur Butterfly. ?With darker subjects, it appears to work > better. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Total+Immersion.jpg.html > > The butterfly was immersed as deeply as possible in the deep-throated > bloom. > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA >