Stradawhovious
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Hey folks, got he sound trigger working (finally) and decided to take it for a test run. I learned quite a bit today, and feel like sharing...... because I'm just that Kind of a guy.
The first couple of shots were lit by a Nikon SB-27, which has a minimum power setting of 1/16. This isn't low enough power as evidenced by the ghost image of the crayon in the first, and the substantial motion blur of the second. The reason the minimum setting is important, is because the lower power the flash goes off, the shorter the duration of time the image gets exposed. This is key for freezing this type of action. Don't bother to C&C the first two, they are just for example purposes.
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These next photos were taken with a Nikon SB-600 which has a minimum power setting of 1/64 which works out to about a 1/26,000th of a second. As you can clearly see, it is much more effective at freezing motion. With the egg shots, the sound trigger's microphone was moved only a half inch back for each of three eggs. You can see the diference it made in timing. I ws amazed that only a half inch o movement would translate to that much of a difference.
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These were all kinds of fun to take, but not so much fun to clean up. I'm all ears for criticisms and suggestions, especially if you have had some experience with High Speed photography before. My next move is to try to find a flash with a much lower power setting, and in lieu of that, find more fun and unique things to do with my new toy.
The first couple of shots were lit by a Nikon SB-27, which has a minimum power setting of 1/16. This isn't low enough power as evidenced by the ghost image of the crayon in the first, and the substantial motion blur of the second. The reason the minimum setting is important, is because the lower power the flash goes off, the shorter the duration of time the image gets exposed. This is key for freezing this type of action. Don't bother to C&C the first two, they are just for example purposes.
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These next photos were taken with a Nikon SB-600 which has a minimum power setting of 1/64 which works out to about a 1/26,000th of a second. As you can clearly see, it is much more effective at freezing motion. With the egg shots, the sound trigger's microphone was moved only a half inch back for each of three eggs. You can see the diference it made in timing. I ws amazed that only a half inch o movement would translate to that much of a difference.
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These were all kinds of fun to take, but not so much fun to clean up. I'm all ears for criticisms and suggestions, especially if you have had some experience with High Speed photography before. My next move is to try to find a flash with a much lower power setting, and in lieu of that, find more fun and unique things to do with my new toy.
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