5 today, back with the ringflash...

Paul Iddon

Getting frustrated with the twin flash head unit and it's long flexible arms in the garden - when you're chasing things in bushes and branches etc, the arms are quite a hindrance, so I put the ring flash back on, and it's so much easier.

So we have a fly, a dronefly, a busy bee in the apple blossom, and an aphid family outing (one little 'un was brown amongst all those green ones oddly... and one was getting a piggy back ride!)













Paul.

Stumblebum

Ring flash with home-made diffuser?

Paul Iddon

Stumblebum wrote: »

Ring flash with home-made diffuser?

Yes indeed

Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures Paul - esp like the first aphid shot
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.


Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul,

Your ring flash results are excellent.

I have just modified my twin flash setup.

Essentially, the addition is a selection of adapters with tripod mounts and a straight flash bar. I put my fill flash on that bar and attach the bar to the tripod mount. Moving the adapter forward (some DIY mods to mount) in the setup gets the fill flash clear of my right hand.

The main flash remains on a ball mount on top of the arm of my L-bracket, the head angled downwards and inwards.

I still prefer to completely detach the fill flash from the camera when practicable. (It has a plastic foot into which it slides and the tripod thread on that attaches it to the flash bar).

Both guns are controlled RC and TTL by as small, pop-up, RC control flash on the hot shoe, its light turned off.

I am posting this for general consumption.

Harold

Tom Foster

Damn, more excellent shots. Really need to get myself a ring flash...!

Paul Iddon

Cheers for the info Harold.

Cheers Tom

Paul.

IPClark

Very nice mate. Gotta love the really tiny one getting a piggy back

Paul Iddon

IPClark wrote: »

Very nice mate. Gotta love the really tiny one getting a piggy back

Thank you Ian

Paul.,