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Old 12-04-06, 22:11
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Attached are two images showing my basic setup for shooting flowers indoors.

Firstly I must apologise for the poor photo of my setup, but I just could not get the angle right so as to include everything.

For a backdrop I used a cardboard box covered with a white sheet, Illumination was provided by my two Jessops mini slave flashguns.

These you can just see behind the laptop and are placed on the table facing upwards and slightly to the rear of the flower.

I also have my Sigma Super set to slave mounted on a tripod above and behind the flower, the head being angled so as to illuminate the backof the subject.

To trigger these slave I have my Canon twin light macroflash with both heads angled to light the subject, these are operating at 2/3 power, but with the righthand head delivering only 3/4 of the power, lefthand head is firing at full 2/3 power (hope that makes sense)

With the macro flash it's possible to contol the total flash output, but then it's possible to further control the lights on the individual heads as well as the angles. These heads can also be rotated around the axis of the lens.

This is the link to the first upload of "Cherry Blossom" http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...500&ppuser=150.


Harry
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File Type: jpg remote+flash set-up.jpg (167.9 KB, 40 views)
File Type: jpg remote capture flash.jpg (159.3 KB, 28 views)
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