husk: Around 40 frames stacked with Zerene. this was staged inside a Styrofoam cooler with hole cut for lens. Flash was inside facing away from husk and a paper panel was placed...

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

Around 40 frames stacked with Zerene.
this was staged inside a Styrofoam cooler with hole cut for lens. Flash was inside facing away from husk and a paper panel was placed between flash and husk to keep direct light off.
A dark photo was pinned to the back of the cooler for the dark background. The process produced an interesting rim light, but mostly the image was flat. I ran it thru a variety of Nik filters to restore perspective and to try to make certain areas have greater "focus".
All in all, I've got mixed feelings about it.
I'm thinking I need additional lights strategically placed, but don't want to spend money for a 580 speedlite.. I'm wondering if there is something that can chain flashes together that is cheap..

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oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

I thinl you have reinvented the integrating sphere so popular in the 40's.
Nice lighting

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

isss all U falt oldtigger... your lighting threads make me attempt this, and bring me this far.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

pfrancke wrote:

isss all U falt oldtigger... your lighting threads make me attempt this, and bring me this far.

Don't blame me, it was that dang fsop22 and his cohort A-PeeR

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Try the link below: I purchased this one for about $80.00. If you are willing to learn lighting ratios, etc (or have knowledge about it) This might work for you.
http://www.amazon.com/Yongnuo-Professional-Speedlight-Flashlight-Olympus/dp/B00BXA7N6A

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

Hi LoneRangeFinder, I am very interested in this. Talk about a good deal!
Just to be clear, if I got a couple of these, would the flash from my 430EX trigger these, or do I need to mount a YN602 or YN603 to trigger the YN560III?
Edit --- BTW, thank you very much for this information. I'm getting three of them and whatever else I might need!!
Piet

A-PeeR Loc: Houston, Texas

Download looks really cool. It has an SEM feel to it. Nicely done...

A-PeeR Loc: Houston, Texas

pfrancke wrote:

I am very interested in this. Talk about a good deal!
Just to be clear, if I got a couple of these, would the flash from my 430EX trigger these, or do I need to mount a YN602 or YN603 to trigger the YN560III?

Spec sheet notes unit fires has an optical (flash) trigger. Might want to google "Yungnuo 560III as Optical Slave 430EX" just to make sure there aren't and issues with the preflash signals from the 430EX. I doubt there will be but best to check. If there is you can always get another 560III to fire the others remotely.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

pfrancke wrote:

I am very interested in this. Talk about a good deal!
Just to be clear, if I got a couple of these, would the flash from my 430EX trigger these, or do I need to mount a YN602 or YN603 to trigger the YN560III?
Edit --- BTW, thank you very much for this information. I'm getting three of them and whatever else I might need!!

I only use mine as a manual flash for macro.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

I only use mine as a manual flash for macro....

When you first start out. its very tempting to use TTL to run the flashes but you will soon learn that leads to changing exposure levels.
As LoneRangeFinder suggests, its best to bite the bullet and learn manual flash setup.

A-PeeR Loc: Houston, Texas

oldtigger wrote:

When you first start out. its very tempting to use TTL to run the flashes but you will soon learn that leads to changing exposure levels.
As LoneRangeFinder suggests, its best to bite the bullet and learn manual flash setup.

Correct - manual is the way to go. He wants to have multiple flashes firing as optical slaves too. You can do this in manual mode, no?

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

Thank you guys very much for helping me. I've never used more than one flash at a time before - always got muddled up in the slave/master thing. I was hoping optical slave meant triggered by other flash!!

I am looking forward to practicing with manual flash lighting.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

A-PeeR wrote:

Correct - manual is the way to go. He wants to have multiple flashes firing as optical slaves too. You can do this in manual mode, no?

My nikon SB-700 can be set that way.
They used to have a setting in cheap flashes that made them fire every time they saw another flash go off. I see them used on E-bay in the 10-20 dollar range every so often.

A-PeeR Loc: Houston, Texas

oldtigger wrote:

My nikon SB-700 can be set that way.
They used to have a setting in cheap flashes that made them fire every time they saw another flash go off. I see them used on E-bay in the 10-20 dollar range every so often.

With the Canon EX series I don't think this is a problem but I haven't tried it with Yongnuo flashes. I do know my 430EX-II will fire Nikon SB-26 and Olympus FL36R as optical slaves without issue. I mentioned preflash in my previous post but when Canon flash is set to manual this isn't emitted so scratch that as a potential issue.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

A-PeeR wrote:

Correct - manual is the way to go. He wants to have multiple flashes firing as optical slaves too. You can do this in manual mode, no?

Perhaps I should have been more clear: I use my Yongnuo as a single flash, off the hot-shoe using a sync cord. The focus stacking I do is natural light, so I don't see the need for multiple lights. Maybe I'm off base there, but it's how I roll.