Planning to buy/replace some lens

[MrGreenBug]

Thanks Jan for your input. I really appreciate very much. After so much head banging & twisting.. I decided to get myself the 580EX II for the reasons of power and being able to be set as a master. I though it would be worth the investment and additionally, I thought that I can borrow easier the 430EX II from friends in case I'd be needing more than one flash. []


Moreover, I can push myself learning with the new flash and maybe expand more the capabilities of my kit lens. I maybe way out of my head.


Did have a chance to use it right after purchase this afternoon for a little shoot. We needed some good photos for an invitation we're making. I was scrambling with the new flash. Used it as is, though I adjusted some FEC from the body and it was a breeze.


Here's a sample result of the shoot this afternoon:


50mm 1.8 at 50mm, f/8, 1/125 sec, ISO 200





50mm 1.8 at 50mm, f/2.8, 1/180 sec, ISO 200





Still learning.. as the photos show.. different color casts..

[Sheiky]

Nice photos Angelo!


Well I guess you made a good decision and you'll be happy with it. []

Still learning.. as the photos show.. different color casts..

You could use color-filters to adjust that. I use them pretty often, also for the cool and also experimenting effect.


Pretty much like this:


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I used Honl Photo colorfilters for the rimflash. I used a normal lamp for the headlight and converted my whitebalance to that.


Well you're into experimenting so I guess I just mention that []


Have fun with it!

[Colin]

I love the makeup!

[MrGreenBug]

Fantastic example! Thanks Sheiky for your advise. I'll check that out.. for the mean time its the manual for me. [] And I'm sure I'll be having lots of fun with it.


-- Angelo

[Sheiky]

Thank you both [] I have to advantage that my little sister is into make up and grime so I get the opportunity to take shots of maked-up faces like this. It gives me another try at using my flash experimentally. Probably not the best lighting there is, but I just like the little effects. These are the color filters(cheap stuff) I put on my flash(they bend over it and stick in place with stuff I don't know the English word for[]):

for the mean time its the manual for me. [img]/emoticons/emotion-2.gif[/img] And I'm sure I'll be having lots of fun with it.

I'm looking forward to the results!