Photo Quest #24 - Flash Photography
Here's one of the flash photography shots that I took before I read the information about flash photography. This shot of green bean blooms was taken at 7:30 in the evening on Auto mode with flash on demand.
This is my first entry for Photo Quest #24.
All entries were taken with a Canon Powershot 540A and where all taken with the macro setting.
This is my first example of a bad flash shot. I'm too close and there is too much flash resulting in washed out details.
After reading the information in the flash photography link about filters, I decided that was what I needed to prevent over exposure and wash-out. This four o' clock was taken at 6:53 pm in auto mode with flash on. I used several layers of facial tissue as a filter.
This is entry #2 for Photo Quest.
Even with filters, this shot is all washed out and obviously taken with flash.
Taken in auto mode with flash on.
This is my third entry for Photo Quest. It is the one shot that I took the longest to achieve. This close-up of a
single petunia bloom was taken with 8 to 10 layers of facial tissue as a filter. I finally just held as much of it as I could with my left hand and pushed the shutter with my right. This was my thirteenth try at taking a good shot of this one flower!
It was taken at 7:02 in the evening, so there was still enough natural light that I didn't need flash to get a good shot. The flower was blooming away from me, and I couldn't stand in front of it without standing on other flowers, so I was leaning over to get the shot. That is why the other stems are going in all directions.
This one was taken with one two or three layers of tissue as a filter. I kept adding more layers until I reduced the amount of flash to light up the flower just right.
I learned a lot with this challenge!
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I tore off small pieces and licked them to get them to stick to the flash. When I couldn't build up enough layers, I held the folded tissue over the flash with my left hand.
I would like to try gift wrap tissue, and experiment with light weight fabric.
At least you don't have to go out and buy a lot of expensive equipment!
Thanks for all the great explanations. I have the problem of washing out the color and detail with my little point and shot but the new camera I haven't done a lot of expermenting just lots of pics to see if I can figure out how it works.
I am still enjoying the olympics. Getting late here in NY so heading to bed. The men just won bronze in Gymnastics.
I have had my digital camera for a year and a half now, and there are still a lot of things that I don't know how to do. That is one thing I really like about the Photo Quest challenges. Most of the time, I have to get my book out or read the links to find out how to operate my camera to get the right results.
I took some more flower pics about 6:30 last night. I'll try to post some of them here in a few minutes. I usually try to shot in the shade, on a cloudy day, or early in the morning or late in the afternoon. I need to try an umbrella for shooting in the middle of the day. I have done that before.
Hehe it seems your four-oclocks are on the same crazy schedule as mine. :D
The tissue is a great idea. I was having the same problem with shadows and ended up using white baking parchment.
The third photo you posted, the one with the single four-oclock,..that one is my personal favourite. I like the way the different shades of colour show in the petals. GREAT work!
I have had a little point and shoot for 2 years but have only had my Nikon D40 for just over a month now and every time I use it I learn something knew about it. I took several pictures last week but I haven't gone through them to post anything new yet. I've been really busy with the grandkids. I should be able to post something new maybe this weekend.
Please always feel free to make suggestions on any of my postings. Any help or suggestions are greatly appriciated.
Your explanations to each photo are very helpful!