Playing with Flashes - Tree at night

[runnah]

First attempt at using 2 flashes in command mode. Came out decent could have been sharper. Any tips?



#1 Standard WB


#2. Cooler White balance


#3 Wish this was sharper, colored gel on one flash.


#4 cooled off WB

 

[Vautrin]

Pictures like this, with very little colors, beg to me to be in black and white.

Note your snow -- snow should be white not blue or orange. Your whitebalance is off in most the shots.

Furthermore, WHY a flash outdoors? You gotta think through your photos more

 

[runnah]

Pictures like this, with very little colors, beg to me to be in black and white.

Note your snow -- snow should be white not blue or orange. Your whitebalance is off in most the shots.

Furthermore, WHY a flash outdoors? You gotta think through your photos more

Snow was colored on purpose and I used gels.

I used a flash outdoor so I can gain a better understanding of using multiple off camera flashes. Since I don't have a studio or models a tree in my front yard was the best I could do. I literally figured out the commander system on my camera 2 hrs before.

 

[RobN185]

Pictures like this, with very little colors, beg to me to be in black and white.

Note your snow -- snow should be white not blue or orange. Your whitebalance is off in most the shots.

Furthermore, WHY a flash outdoors? You gotta think through your photos more

IMO colours can be very subtle and be a great improvement on B&W, the world can be a very subtle place.

In answer to why use a flash outdoors - no flash, no light, no image, no good.



runnah, keep doing what you are doing (I like the std WB in #1 and the quirky warmth of the orange gel coloured #3 - but I'm not personally a fan of blue snow)

 

[runnah]

Thanks for the helpful feedback rob.

 

[sekhar]

Did you take any pictures with just one flash (the one lighting up the tree from inside)? I thought having the tree lit only from within and not the side would make it eery and give some meaning to the shots. Looks like you just did it as a technical exercise though.

 

[runnah]

Did you take any pictures with just one flash (the one lighting up the tree from inside)? I thought having the tree lit only from within and not the side would make it eery and give some meaning to the shots. Looks like you just did it as a technical exercise though.

I did actually have a few examples like that where the second flash didn't fire. I will post one.

but you are right. I was trying to primarily understand the technical aspects of multiple flashes.