Filling with Flash
Today’s capture is an example of using fill light to add to a photo. While photographing at an abandoned farm, I came across this interesting weed and shot it against the setting sun. If I had taken the shot without the fill light, the picture would just be a black silhouette. The addition of the flash allowed much more of the weed’s detail to be seen.
My typical exposure settings for using a fill flash in daylight is to adjust my strobe (a Canon 430EX) to an exposure setting of negative 2/3 f-stop. This allows shadow areas to be illuminated without making the shot look like a flash was used.
Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/8000 second, f/4, ISO 100
2 Comments
That’s a great photo! How close to the subject was the camera? I ask because the background looks dark (other then the fireball behind the weed) and the stem is well lit. I’m guessing the flash was fairly close?
| Bryan D. Catherman | June 28, 2007 at 6:42 am
Nice work with the flash, and creative image. I like your descrition of dust and removal below too. All too true.
| ROB | June 28, 2007 at 10:12 pm