Using Black Flags in the Manfrotto 701RC2 shoot.
In the image of the internals of the 701 head I wanted to concentrate the viewers attention on the vane and counterbalance spring. To do that a good degree of flash falloff towards the back was required. As the subject was only 12 inches front to back, I could only acheive the effect by limiting the amount of light reaching the back of the scene. This was done with black card, see attatched pic and graphic.
The main light was a large diffused flash. A second undiffused unit was set to graze the surface to give some texture and fill light. Its angle and power were controlled to limit its light getting to the back of the scene.
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