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From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:24:28 -0500
>At 10:40 4/8/02, Walt Wayman wrote:
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: "John A. Lind"
>>Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 23:36:13 -0500
>>
>>
>>>The use of on-camera flash for "nature" macros is obvious in
>>>the photograph. It creates a harsh, very direct frontal
>>>lighting "look" to them.
>>
>>I most respectfully and humbly feel I must register a mild
>>disagreement, and I would reference my TOPE 8 submission as an
>>example of on-camera flash that produces results I wouldn't
>>exactly describe as either harsh or direct frontal lighting.
>>It's a technique in progress, and I'm getting better at it.
>>
>>Walt Wayman
>
>Walt,
>
>My definition (others may vary in how to describe it):
>On-camera = in the prism hot shoe, or a ring-light around the
>lens.
>
>Read the description of your setup. If I understand it
>correctly, it is an approximation of what portraitists would
>call "loop" lighting. Even though the rig was all tied together,
>it is not the direct frontal lighting that "on-camera" (by my
>definition) produces. Furthermore, you paid attention
>to balancing the light you provided with ambient background.
>It's how you were able to achieve something that looks much more
>natural.
>
>If you had mounted the flash heads directly on each side of the
>lens filter ring (approximating a ring light with two flash
>heads), or used one of them in the camera hot shoe, and set up
>the flash level to overwhelm the ambient, I would bet money the
>photograph would look much, much different (the "black
>background" you wrote about avoiding).
>
(SNIP)
John,
Accepting your definition of "on camera," I have to mostly agree.
I was perhaps too literal (or liberal) in my own notion of "on
camera," considering that if it's all physically attached, it's on
the camera.
I have, and use, both the T8 and T10 ring flashes, too, and my
only point of disagreement comes with reference to them, at least
in certain circumstances. I have gotten quite good results
photogaphing flowers and other small objects where the background
is close enough to be exposed enough by the flash so as not to go
totally black. The flat, reflected lighting of the T8 is
particularly effective for extreme close-ups of natures' tinier
bits of vegetation, resulting in great color saturation.
I wouldn't generally recommend either ring flash for insect
photography, though. Just doesn't look right, too two-dimensional
or something.
Walt Wayman
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