amazing what you can do with a flash......

......when it works


Some good ideas there LRSwe, enjoy the weather, golden sunlight and crisp snow, you'll get some cracking shots, look forward to seeing some

As long as it was a manual flash not one of those point and shoot things  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Was manual
Exposed for the sunset and fired the flash from my hand not on the camera, took a few goes but got there.

How you getting on

Better, than before  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I think I am going to go get a new lens for some night shots with stars, oh wait... that means cloudless nights... scuppered again!!

night shots, something i have not looked at yet, apart from trying to take a pic of the moon which was not a success when i first got my tripod

looking forward to seeing what can be done with my Nikon 12-24 lens though next weekend  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

oooh, thats a f4 isnt it?? the one of my defender with the lights was taken during snowfall at f8 with a 30 sec exposure.. remember to use a 5 second self timer so that you are not shaking the camera while pressing the button ; )

I tagged it with paddockspares and they published it on a calender and a mug for me : )

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its a nice shot it that, if only i could do it as good

Yes the lens is a f4, i used it to take my 2 photos for the photo comp, i quite like it and seams nice and sharp Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

LRswe wrote:

I think I am going to go get a new lens for some night shots with stars, oh wait... that means cloudless nights... scuppered again!!

All that digital noise on long exposures (i'm talking minutes) is a PITA. Keep forgetting that the camera is busy getting rid of noise after the shot and I always just turn it off. Then realise what i've done
And some camera's can get hot, mines been okay though.

Never had a problem with film ................... Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Pegleg wrote:

Keep forgetting that the camera is busy getting rid of noise after the shot and I always just turn it off. Then realise what i've done

Of course, Canons save the image

You want to see what happens with a CT sensor, 24 second scan firing X Rays at it and metal scatter to contend with, one hi res image file is 2.5GB

Two photographers are in the men’s room at the urinal. One guy is a Canonian and the other a Nikonian.
The Nikon guy finishes his business first. He simply zips his fly and heads for the door.
As he was leaving, the Canon guy turns his head towards him and says “Excuse me, Canon photographers wash our hands when we are finished urinating”.
The Nikon guy says ” I understand, but us Nikon guys don’t pee on our hands”  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Touché