First attempt at off camera flash

[elyshiamadison]

Acquired my first light stands and off camera flash trigger today... I think I'm gonna have a heap of fun playing with light.

These are my first attempts, I haven't processed the pics fully yet - just picked my favourite two to load up.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5020395206_067255172f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5020395206/)
IMG_6728 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5020395206/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5019785963_651bc41f5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5019785963/)
IMG_6697 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5019785963/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr

[scotthl]

Is this practice for the Canon comp? :) very nice, I like the second one, though maybe a darker background could have helped to make the smoke stand out more.

[ZedEx]

I reckon you could improve those quite a lot with levels/curves. IMO it would also look better if you cropped out the bit of table at the bottom and just had a semi-abstract with the smoke. Well done, been meaning to try some of these myself :)

[elyshiamadison]

Thanks ;)

I actually haven't done much to them, just brightened them to what they were on camera... I will run them through PS later today though. This was to show Ozzie Paul how our flash (Metz) works off camera more than anything, and that there wasn't banding at 1/200th with the rf602 triggers ;)

Once I've processed them I'll stick them up again.

Not for Canon comp - not that good yet lolol, still got too much to learn!

[Mary Anne]

Both good though I like 2# the best.

[Ozzi Paul]

Thanks for that. Nice shots.
Even though the Metz flash isn't mentioned they seem to work fine.
I think the banding is just with Pentax cameras because there is no dedicated flash triggers to suit them. I will get the Canon version as they have the same PC sync cord plugs. (450,500,550D)

[elyshiamadison]

Thought I'd add an after processing shot. Pretty basic processing, need more hours in the day ;)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5022536117_4b7174633e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5022536117/)
Smoke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5022536117/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr

[Ozzi Paul]

That really makes the smoke stand out, looks pretty good.