Main flash (T-20 with 35-year-old Spiratone optical slave thingy) off camera
about 3 feet away and 45 degrees above, with the FL-50 on the E-1 25 feet away
for fill. Next time, a little less fill, but the off-camera flash avoids the
"deer in the headlights" look fairly well. It all has to be done manually,
though, because on TTL auto the FL-50 pre-flash sets off the slaved flash and
everything ends up all black, because the little man in the camera mistakes the
slave flash for the pre-flash and calculates the exposure from that, thinks
there's already lots of light, and so just pretty much shuts down the FL-50.
Took me a couple of test shots to figure that one out.
Despite being entirely nocturnal, these little critters are surprisingly tame.
I think it's becausue they are so quick that makes them appear nearly fearless,
and they are unbelievably fast. I hope their apparent boldness is not because
they're fierce and are planning to gang up on me someday to satisfy their
carnivorous cravings, because they often come 8 or 10 at a time. (Maybe that's
why they remind me of Gremlins, so I don't feed them after midnight.) I have
stood within 3 feet of the feeder we have set up for them and, while they keep
one eye on me, they appear pretty much unpreturbed by my close proximity.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hopefully you'll let us know what worked and didn't work. Your pictures make
> them look relatively tame but nocturnal and tame seldom go together. The
> pictures are nice, they have a very natural look versus deer in the
> headlights.
>
> -jeff
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> You're doing remarkably well for something you presumably can't see or
> at least can't see very well.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > I'll do better tonight, or whenever I try next. I learned a few
> > things last night and thought of some new tricks to try.
> >
> > http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1118.jpg
>
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