WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

I just started, yesterday, experimenting with flash for wildlife (bird) photography. Lots of cool new stuff to learn.
I'm sorry I didn't do this sooner the results are, IMO, Outstanding.

Based on what I have read and watched I will be working the flash, most of the time, in Manual- High Speed Sync Mode.
The purpose of the flash in this use case is for a fit of fill as well as to give the birds colors and feather pat e runs a bit of a bump.
(I would post a sample of a couple of my first experiments but that would cause this post to be moved to the Bird Sub-caragoty and I'm really looking for some guidance vs sharing an image)

I'm shooting a Canon 7d mk2 in manual with a Canon EX58011 flash as mentioned above set to Manual-HSS.
I'm controlling flash output and flash zoom manually.

For those who might ask why Manual-HSS. For me- at this point in time- I shoot fully manual with shutters speeds well above the max 1/250 sec sync speed. I may give E-ttr a try but for now aim staying fully manual.

This afternoon as the light was fading I needed increase my camera exposure for the background and subject while reducing the flash power. This requires me to adjust the exposure on my camera and change the flash output on the flash head itself.
It is my understanding that in some cases a Canon EOS and a Canon Flash will work togeather enough so that the flash adjustments can be made through the camera body controls. (So there is no reason to physicly touch the flash head)
I have been through the 7d11 and 580ex11 manuals and I don't understand how to make this level of of control work.

Before I go back and pick the manuals apart again I want to ask the UHH members IF the 7d11 and 580ex11 will work together to allow me to control the manual flash adjustments through my camera body controls.

agillot

The better beamer add on , nearly triple the flash output , great for birds in dark light .

jcboy3

Did you try pressing the flash button on the camera?

tcthome Loc: NJ

tcthome Loc: NJ

I have done it a couple of times on camera & depending which way the bird is facing the eyes look a little alien like. Animal red eye or animal blue eye. I think raising the camera up even just a little or to the side some prevents this. Have fun.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Raising the flash or moving it to the side on a bracket works better for red eye, which is easy to retouch any way.

williejoha

I only owned the D7 II for a very short time but seem to remember that you have to activate the function in camera menu.
WJH

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

I don't believe that putting in bird pictures here will cause this to be moved to the bird section. The context is clear. People include pictures in this section all the time to help illustrate a point.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

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Are you shooting with on-camera flash or with off-camera flash? With your camera and flash both in manual, once you have your initial setup you should not need to change anything except your shutter speed to correct for your background changing. If you change your aperture or ISO then you would need to modify your flash power to compensate. As long as your flash to subject distance doesn't change your flash should be good.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Shoot in manual exposure on the camera and manual controls on the flash. Then, you can adjust the two independently. Usually, you'll decide what you want your camera exposure to be. And then, you experiment with the flash to find the exact level of light output to 'light' the scene based on your camera exposure settings. I didn't follow the question exactly, but as someone else noted, you may need to enable some of the 'flash parameters' via the EOS 7DII menus. The User Manual on the camera does explain what each menu option is intended to control. Consider if one of these options, if it needs to go off / on, should be added to your custom user menu on the camera.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Thanks for the subject. It made me research how to set my camera for HSS!

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

Off camera
Thanks for the input

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

I worked it out Paul.
It was difficult for me to explain what I was trying to acomplish.
Thanks

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

[quote=PHRubin]Thanks for the subject. It made me research how to set my camera

My pleasure