New flash kit

ksten · 05-07-2007, 7:29 PM

Evening everyone.

Well my flash and wireless trigger have arrived and I had a few minutes earlier this evening to play with them.

Thought I would try to freeze the motion of some water drops with the flash off-camera:

Drip

Drop

Splash

I had some fun making these shots first though:

Flash in the Pan

Put a Lid On It

Not quite up there with Gordon's Lambo photographs, but I enjoyed making them all the same.

Cheers.

Tobers · 05-07-2007, 7:33 PM

Wow! Those are excellent. The water drop ones are so precise.

Flash in the pan - very very good

Liquid101 · 05-07-2007, 7:36 PM

Yep - very nice indeed, top quality stuff. 'Drop' and the 'Flash in the Pan' shots are really fantastic. So sharp!

tontoshorse · 05-07-2007, 7:37 PM

Money well spent there.

great detail on those pics

very nice.

allymac123 · 05-07-2007, 7:40 PM

Lovely shots. Drip & flash in the pan being my faves. Your toilet has horns like the devil!!!

How did you get the focus so bang on in the water drop shots?

Brammers · 05-07-2007, 7:41 PM

You put the flash in the toilet? Please tell me you didn't... And it triggered? I thought Canon used IR - needing line of sight?

Nice stuff though

Now go get someone to sit for you

vulkan75 · 05-07-2007, 7:49 PM

Yes agree with all the above ...the dripshots are some of the best ive seen of that type of shot.Flash in the pan is great.Im interested in how you focused on the drops too,really sharp.

What trigger and flash did you use?

top stuff

ksten · 05-07-2007, 8:13 PM

Thanks very much for your comments, everyone. Very much appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by allymac123

How did you get the focus so bang on in the water drop shots?

I think I pretty much fluked it! The shots were hand held but the flash allowed for 1/250th which obviously helped a lot. They were at f/11 so DOF wasn't too shallow and I estimated manual focus as close as I could get to directly below the tap head. I then fired off a few in continuous shot mode and picked the best ones. Fortunately, the flash fired every time so increased my chances of getting some interesting shapes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brammers

You put the flash in the toilet? Please tell me you didn't... And it triggered? I thought Canon used IR - needing line of sight?

Nice stuff though

Now go get someone to sit for you

Haha. Yes I did - pretty much from opening the box to putting it down the toilet! It was placed on an old saucer so it couldn't slip into the water and the toilet was freshly clean - honestly!

I put a brand new CR5 battery into the ST-E2 and fully charged AA's into the flash and I was amazed at where you could position the flash relative to the trigger. Obviously, it bounces off walls to trigger the flash but it even triggered it with the toilet seat down. I am still waiting on some Cactus RF remotes (Link given to me by Allymac - thanks

) but I think I'm only going to need to use them when the flash is in a different room and bouncing the IR won't reach it or perhaps outside in bright daylight. We'll see.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vulkan75

What trigger and flash did you use?

The flash is a Canon 580EXII and the trigger is the Canon ST-E2.

Thanks again everyone.

Cheers.

ksten · 05-07-2007, 8:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brammers

Now go get someone to sit for you

Just spotted this. I'll see what the wife says about that when she gets home!

Cheers.

jonnypb · 05-07-2007, 8:30 PM

Amazing pictures some of the best I've seen on here

Detail of the drops are

and the focus is spot on

SweetGirl · 05-07-2007, 9:09 PM

Keith

Saw these on your Flickr site...absolutely fantastic.

Mr Sweetgirl bought me a Flash (SB800) from the B&H.

Havent used it yet... will take it out at the weekend and have a play.

You have inspired me to take some water droplet shots.

Love the Pan shot.

Great work.

ksten · 06-07-2007, 7:19 AM

Blimey, thanks Bubble502!

Thanks SweetGirl. Looking forward to seeing your photographs.

Cheers.

BananaTiger · 06-07-2007, 8:01 AM

Oh yeah ..... I like! Nice work ksten!

netronelson · 06-07-2007, 8:14 AM

fantastic stuff - I want to do a series of these for the bathroom... some good ideas here!

Gizmo 76 · 06-07-2007, 9:10 AM

Superb shots, so sharp, and really love 'Splash'

Your toilet one has given me so many ideas

Got my 430EX yesterday, will have to wait a few weeks before the wireless trigger get's purchased, but looking at these results it looks like it will be alot of fun!!!

stevegreen · 06-07-2007, 9:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ksten

Put a Lid On It

Brilliant!

Gordon @ Convergent AV · 06-07-2007, 9:36 AM

Those Loo shots are top work...hahaha...

Gordon

tryingtimes · 06-07-2007, 9:43 AM

Great work Keith - lovely shots.

ksten · 06-07-2007, 9:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo 76

Got my 430EX yesterday, will have to wait a few weeks before the wireless trigger get's purchased, but looking at these results it looks like it will be alot of fun!!!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

The RF ebay triggers that Allymac recommended were only £18 delivered from China so well worth a purchase.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gordon @ Convergent AV

Those Loo shots are top work...hahaha...

Gordon

Hi Gordon. Thanks. I'm happy to offer your friend a seat on my flash subject if he'll let me sit in your flash subject!

Gordon @ Convergent AV · 06-07-2007, 10:12 AM

I'm afraid the car is now with its new owner...boohoo

ksten · 06-07-2007, 10:23 AM

I'm sure he'll have fond memories of his time with it. I'm sure your photographs will take pride of place in his home too.

Cheers.