Decided to have a go at shadow photography up in the loft, Ruth got me a White Bed sheet for £2 from the Charity shop and i used the Godex 400ii in the Prop mode and Godex trigger X1 to operate flash. I positioned the light about 2 feet from the white sheet and had my camera 10 feet from the light.
I used the tripod for the camera with the Tamron 28-75. After a few images with the De-fuser fitted i started getting ok results, so i read an article about using a grid fitted the the strobe, but i didn’t have one. So i used a shelf that had a metal grill fitted to it, with a pair of pliers i cut out a piece grill and placed it on the front of the strobe.
That made my light more of a circle so really to get it small i need a Snoop to get the smaller circle, but i am on the right track to get my image of a girl holding balloons. The settings were f11 ISO 100 and a shutter speed of 1/160 using the trigger to operate the flash on the Godex 400ii.
I am 63 years old and and since a boy have had an interest in wildlife and in particular birds. I help my Dad with the rearing of young finches and other birds. I had many small birds as pets and as i got older and joined the Military i purchsed my first Camera, and fold out Kodak. Over a 22 year period i enjoyed many countries outside the uk and observed many species of birds. When i left the military in 2000, i bought my first digital camera a Canon 450D with a Tamron 70-300 and started my journey on capturing images of birds and animals. I quickly learned that there was a lot more to getting a good image of a bird, so i started to research the best settings for my camera in order to capture a better image. Over a 12 month period i realised that needed to invest in a better camera and lens and after research bought a Canon 50D and a 100-400 Lens. It was 2013 when i really got to grips with the setup and came across a lovely Short Eared Owl. From that meeting i started to concentrate on Owls as they fasinated me. From Canon to Olympus i recently jumped ship again to Sony. The variety of birds i have captured over a 10 year period is vast and at present i have a wildlife hide in lancashire where most of my images are captured.
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