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Nikon SB-5000 or back to flash.
MFloyd:
I’ve worked 25 years without flash. Then came the demand from my automobile racing clients to put more emphasis / “light” on the drivers. And the cockpit of a racing car is a sort of photographic “black hole” as everything is designed to avoid direct light hitting the driver’s eyes; all the interior lining made of black velvet … (*).
So, back to flash and steep relearning process … and buying the last flash of Nikon, the SB-5000
Here some of my work, where flash usage is appropriate:
Photo cockpit:
_D636860.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
Classic flash:
_8526179.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
Night takes:
_D643235.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
Daylight takes:
_8523198.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
Flash for color balancing sun / shadow exposed areas:
_8526502.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
Shadow balancing:
_8526702.jpg by Christian Vermeulen, sur Flickr
All pictures made with D6 / D850; single flash cobra mounted, reporting fashion without studio gimmicks.
The SB-5000 is a powerful flash (GN: 34.5) in a relative small and light package (weight: +- 500g).
The whole irony is that when I was one of the few not utilizing a flash, now I’m one of the few utilizing a flash … :o
(*) I’m systematically shooting in RAW, giving me a large dynamic range. Before I used this character to lighten the shadows, but to the disadvantage of noise.
Akira:
To me, they look very natural only with a slightest hint of brightening. But I would have to nit-pick to sense that.
MFloyd:
--- Quote from: Akira on September 03, 2022, 16:57:18 ---To me, they look very natural only with a slightest hint of brightening. But I would have to nit-pick to sense that.
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Too kind Akira-san :)
ColinM:
Yes, I really like the way you've got the different sources balanced so well Christian.
MFloyd:
--- Quote from: ColinM on September 04, 2022, 13:45:36 ---Yes, I really like the way you've got the different sources balanced so well Christian.
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Thank you Colin :). Big credit goes to the Nikon’s i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash CLS, which makes these sort of exercices almost a non-brainer.
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