by DaveJ
January 22, 2012 in Misc, Photo Course by DaveJ
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| This photo was taken using my Raspberry. |
I read about a guy who took a small piece of lint-like material and with needle and thread [remember that !] and made a small envelope that fitted over the flash. Now I am definitely no expert on photographic accessories but I wondered if this improvised set-up might work ?
PaulS commented on the post, Come Along And Say Hello. 6 hours, 55 minutes ago
Just to keep the post fresh. Weather looks OK for Sunday so it should be a good turn out. Hope some of you can come along and say hello.
Cheers
Paul
PaulS commented on the post, The Norfolk Journal. A Cloudy Cley. 6 hours, 58 minutes ago
Thanks Guys
rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Wed 16th May (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 7 hours, 8 minutes ago
Holme Pierrepont - 1 Whooper Swan. Arnold - 1 Hobby [over at 10:30]. Collingham Pits - 1 Turtle Dove, 150+ Common Swift [including one leucistic bird - initially regarded as possible Pacific Swift]. Besthorpe […]
rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Thu 17th May (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 7 hours, 8 minutes ago
Carlton - Cemetery: 2 Northern Wheatear [1 male, 1 female]. Cotham Flash - 3 Ringed Plover, 1 White Wagtail [in adjacent flooded field]. Kilvington - West Lake: 10 Ringed Plover. Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 <span […]
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Nottingham - 1 Northern Wheatear [foraging in grassy area on Boden Street off Alfreton Road]. Hoveringham - [Sailing Lake:] 1 Sanderling [adult on shoreline next to Sailing Club], 1 Hobby. Attenborough Nature […]
mick c commented on the post, The Norfolk Journal. A Cloudy Cley. 16 hours, 30 minutes ago
got to agree with gary paul, great series of photos
all the best
mick
GarryH commented on the post, The Norfolk Journal. A Cloudy Cley. 16 hours, 50 minutes ago
Lovely set again Paul,someone enjoying the flora is a beauty.
PaulS wrote a new post, The Norfolk Journal. A Cloudy Cley. 1 day, 5 hours ago
Another week and another trip to Norfolk. Managed to drop into Narborough Railway Cutting on the way out. There was a marked difference to last year at this time. As you can see from the shot below there was a […]
PaulS commented on the post, Large Red Damsel 1 day, 6 hours ago
The M1 bridge comes up trumps again. Terrific set Gary. You’ve got some excellent detail in these. The last three in particular are superb.
GarryH commented on the post, Large Red Damsel 1 day, 15 hours ago
Cheers Mick,Know what you mean about things being lively got plenty of blurred pics,twigs and leaves with nothing on them 
I think depending on how close you get to your subject you’d probably get a bit of shadow from your lens hood, I’m assuming you’d use it for macro? I think you might have to try it and see, certainly no harm in trying but I suspect you wouldn’t get great results.
I’d have to agree with Chris. This method acts as a very basic flash diffuser. The cover over the flash acts to spread the light particles giving a softer feel to the light hitting the subject. It works much the same as the box diffuser I showed you how to make with one exception. The flash is still way behind the front of the lens. This means you are likely to get a big shadow from said lens when you are doing macro shots. The box diffuser channels the light to the end of the lens reducing lens shadow.
So this method is fine for normal photography (in fact I have a diffuser permanently fixed to my flash unit) but for macro I’d “invest” in the orange juice flash
Thanks chaps, as i said i know nothing about these things, it was based on the needle work cotton “willie warmer” I mentioned. I see where things are going with these ideas, I do have an idea to improve things,an extention device which will will put it in the same bracket as your original idea, Paul. Thanks for your thoughts, Dave J.