Breaking Rule #4: Always use the lightmeter
Now this one should be a little easier as I tend to shoot in Av mode about 75% of the time, but then the rest is usually in fully manual mode. I always shoot macro in full manual. I haven't ever done any High Key work so thats my first target.
The first is a fern frond over exposed by 3 full stops plus the EX 550 flash set to +2. I'm quite impressed with the result. I set up my small cardboard box, the one I used for three in one macro and lined it with white paper.
The second image is the top of a stalk of heather pushed through the paper.
The first is a fern frond over exposed by 3 full stops plus the EX 550 flash set to +2. I'm quite impressed with the result. I set up my small cardboard box, the one I used for three in one macro and lined it with white paper.
The second image is the top of a stalk of heather pushed through the paper.
posted by Falc at 9:41 pm
4 Comments:
Very good experiment--with a good result. I really like the high key first one. My own experiments didn't work as well (I better get to publishing some of these!)
Love the fern shot. You used a flash and +3 full F-stops? Wow.
What is that about the cardboard box lined with white paper? Sounds like something worth trying.
Hi Ursula, yes I tend to so quite a few of my shots inside my cardboard studio ;-)
Its a small bpx, maybe 9x12 inches, just wide enough to slide down pieces of coloured paper/card ro form reflectors and backdrops.
The nice thing about this is its real easy to punch a hole here and there to hold sticks/stems etc. - and when I've punched too many holes I'll throw it out and get another one ;-)
For the fern shot even with +3 stops it wasn't losing much definition, so I boosted the flash settings too. Its the first high key experiments I've done, and you can bet there will be more.
Thanks for the comments.
Keith
...and the beat goes on! I'm learning more from what others are learning. Guess that's the way it's supposed to work - eh? ;^)
I hadn't had much luck with the exposure rule breaking but I was trying them all outdoors in natural settings. Didn't dawn on me to try a studio type setup.
Not enough time in the day anymore with all these new things to try! What to do, what to do...
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