One of my best "fill flash" pics so far: Shot with a circular polarizer and 1/4 CTO gel on the flash. I think I managed to get a natural looking shot.

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Jul 6, 2012 09:13:51 #

Shot with a circular polarizer and 1/4 CTO gel on the flash.
I think I managed to get a natural looking shot.

Jul 6, 2012 09:14:48 #

Skutterbug Loc: Central Florida

Very nice...love the color in this :-D :-D :-D

Jul 6, 2012 09:56:59 #

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

The flash hilite is just perfect..... Really good balance of light...

Jul 6, 2012 09:58:34 #

angler Loc: StHelens England

You certainley did.Great shot.

Jul 6, 2012 10:04:52 #

caron2 Loc: Georgia

Really pretty, I love how the light is coming thru her hat

Jul 7, 2012 05:47:59 #

briace Loc: liverpool uk

good pic m8 :thumbup:

Jul 7, 2012 06:08:35 #

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

KG wrote:

Shot with a circular polarizer and 1/4 CTO gel on the flash.
I think I managed to get a natural looking shot.

Very nice! I never thought to use a CTO(color tempature orange) gel on my flash outside. Makes sense though sense it warms up the color. May I ask what white balance setting were you using? Auto, cloudy,daylight, flash?

Thanks for posting

Jul 7, 2012 07:51:47 #

dourob Loc: Palm City, Florida

Very Pretty !! The photo is nice also.

Jul 7, 2012 08:01:43 #

sudzmonn Loc: here , there , everywhere

very good ! never thought of flash and jel on a camera before but now I see why . Yup - I'm learning and there is always something to learn .

Jul 7, 2012 08:33:32 #

Fstop12 wrote:

May I ask what white balance setting were you using? Auto, cloudy,daylight, flash?

I shoot RAW, so I usually leave WB on auto and instead fix it up in post processing.

I set WB in camera only when I'm shooting indoors with bounced flash with walls/ceilings/curtains that have distinct bright colors. Like bright red.

In a situation like that, it helps to use custom WB (shot through a white sheet of paper) so that in-camera histogram represents the end result more or less accurately. Otherwise, one of the channels would run off and would look clipped most of the time, when it really isn't.

Jul 7, 2012 08:40:11 #

twindad Loc: SW Michigan, frolicking in the snow.

KG wrote:

Shot with a circular polarizer and 1/4 CTO gel on the flash.
I think I managed to get a natural looking shot.

Yup, it's a nice shot, but I would have had her take off the sunglasses. Effectively, they hide a third of her face. When you see the eyes, you feel a bit closer to the subject.

Jul 7, 2012 08:49:15 #