Of all the portraits I've made, this remains my favorite because it shows what you can accomplish on-location with limited lighting gear and a few brain cells. The Brown Citrus Garden Snail is despised by those in the citrus industry because it causes extensive damage in orchards by feeding on leaves of young fruit trees.īiological control of this snail comes in the form of a natural predator snail called the decollate snail (rumina decollata)." "Although snails and slugs usually have major cases of the uglies, this Brown Citrus Garden Snail proved to be quite photogenic as it slowly moved through the lush tropical landscaping of an Orlando residential yard. Here's what my Web site says about the snail: I found this little creature in my yard's landscaping. This picture of a Brown Citrus Garden Snail is the result of using the tiny J.C. Remember, the highest shutter speed closest to the ISO. In this case, 1/125 was correct not 1/60.
#Keylight 1.2 subject gone iso
Why 1/125? Because the ISO of Fuji 100 is 100, and you set your shutter speed to the highest speed closest to the ISO. Had I made this image using Fuji 100 film, I simply would have selected f/16 as my aperture and then selected 1/125 as my shutter speed. Remember, my reference point was over the front element of the lens - any lens. With extension tubes, I found that I could use f/16 with any lens as long as I positioned the flash at the predetermined reference point. So for this image, f/16 1/60 got me a correct exposure. Since I was using Fuji Velvia, which is rated at an ISO of 50, I set my shutter speed to 1/60. In this case, after running the tests, I found my working aperture to be f/16.
Once you run the tests and find your working aperture, you set the lens to the working aperture and set the shutter speed closest to the ISO of the film or digital sensitivity that you are using.
#Keylight 1.2 subject gone how to
Email me and I'll explain how to run the tests if you are interested.
#Keylight 1.2 subject gone series
Using the bracket and incorporating Calhoun's Law, you can make your expensive SLR/dSLR a simple point-and-shoot camera when working with macro subjects.įor the bracket to work correctly, you must run a series of bracketed exposure tests to find the correct aperture to use. I used this bracket all the time back in the days when I was using macro lenses and extension tubes for my 1:2 or 1:1 life size macro subjects on Fujichrome Velvia film. What's a Butterfly Bracket? Essentially it's a flash bracket designed by Shaw that lets you 1) get the flash off the camera's hot shoe, and 2) position the flash at the same reference point above the end of any lens each you use the bracket. Penny strobe and a John Shaw-inspired Butterfly Bracket. In the meantime, staying on-topic, I made this image of a Brown Citrus Garden Snail back in '02 using a tiny, off-camera J.C. Oh well, at least I know something's going to be repaired. I hope they do a better job fixing cameras than they do communicating using the English language. "The unit has been processed and is ready to be repaired by a technician." "The unit is in line for a technician to be repaired."Īccording to this, I guess Mack first must fix its broken technician before my camera can be repaired. I found the following message waiting for me: Today I checked the status of my camera repair on the Mack Camera Web site. No big deal to solve, as it simply means in future sessions, I'll put up a couple of black panels on each side of the set and angle the lights at the wall from behind the panels. Check out the image to the left for the details. However the right Speedlight had nothing blocking it so all that light came off the wall, right back at her, and then wrapped itself around Connie's left arm and side. Her right side is well-exposed, with no wrap at all. With her black outfit, she was actually absorbing some of the light bouncing off the wall and that kept the light from wrapping around her. The left Speedlight had a gobo (Go-Before-Optics, or Go Between) in front of it - and that gobo was Connie herself.
By that I mean, it had nothing shielding the massive amount of light coming off the wall. After analyzing the image, I realized that the problem occurred because one of the Speedlights was exposed. too much light wrap on Connie's left arm. The final images looked OK, but there was one problem.
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