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Lance

Actually, thats a very good idea Nick. I might just do that!

Nick_

Apparently this looks like a video game.

EUniqe

no, but it does look like a location that a video game would use.

SR33

Um i see a model, a softbox and a great location. Where are the pics???????????????????????

Nick_

Technically that's two models, the big man is a buddy from work and Dkam was up a flight of stairs somewhere taking photos downwards.

It was a bit of a curve trying to balance such a dynamic pitch of area's we pretty much dove right into, litterally walking past alleys and just going down and shooting in there. The softbox could been better if it was twice the size as some places really needed some fill rather than a hard-ish key (from the distance the box was at). I did have a second flash & rx but no mod to use. I think an umbrella or my bigger brolly-box would've given us better results but then again, you wouldn't just walk down busy George St with one of those over your shoulder!

DKam

I likes to climb things

clutch-monkey

nice shots dan and nick

DKam

i lolled

Bonsai

It's the L4D2 swamp building!

Awesome pics

Nick_

Why thankyou!

Benny_boy92

Thats a epic location! Sounds like you had fun You know what im talking about nick

Dkam: I loved the "I like to climbs things" Made me Lol

Nick_

I don't actually.. Remind me?

Nick_

So any CC on these shots?

I think the next best thing I could've done is run with a better lightmod but using an shoot-thru or brollybox would've killed portability but I think next time Dan & I will perhaps do a more 'more lights, one location' style shoot so we can get a bit creative.

Also was awesome to have some good help Dan, thanks for coming & bringing the extra talent.

P.S. my new flash 540ez arrived from Canadaland! Works and I'm stoked.. But it's just something else to mod too! 3.5mm mono jack for the side of the shoe to hook up to the Cybersyncs.. Now I need another stand and another STU and another cybersync... ;D

Alicia is gonna kill me, and it's not cause our gas is out and we're showering from buckets.. Damn you gas-hot-water-via-bottles! Damn yooooooooouuuuuuuuuu!

DKam

anytime! have several people interested in the next shoot so we should organise another one

you can borrow my cyber sync if you mod my flash for me
and help me buy one....

Nick_

You bought some? Hope you went through paulbuff.com.au not that weird & dodgey sweedish dude of ebay.

Also, you mean buy one as in buy a flash or buy cybersyncs or buy something to mod your flash with.. ITS ALL SO CONFUSING.

P.s. Trip to jaycar tomorrow = 3.5mm mono jack on 540ez, 3.5mm mono on cybersync = Easy!, Also thinking of modding my SB-28 as it's Prontor Compur gives me the Prontor Shittors. ('PC' in PC Sync = Prontor Compur for those playing at home).

Nick_

PICSORDIE>>.

Nick_

In true tradition of posting pictures of just about everything I do... Here's what I did tonight!

I got my 'new' 540ez off ebay and it came in very clean (for it's age) standard form, no sync ability for my strobing.. Until now!

2.5mm mono socket into the shoe.
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Nice flush mount, and I loved the little looms! Made very easy work of it.
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Like it was there from factory!
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This is my old National brand flash (that I took the foot off and the optical slave out of), Here you can see it essentially castrated and the 2.5mm jack in place & threadlocked, I am also adding a test button for the flash because it doesn't have one and when mounting it I thought it'd be rather easy just to dab on a micron of Loctite 401.. Of course it zipped straight into the little button and glued it like concrete.. What a waste of 95c!! Back to Jaycar tomorrow!
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I've got my SB next to me to explore the possibilities of that and I believe it'd be rather easy to do the same on the 580ex2, I just don't think I could drill into that flash.. I'd want to catch the plastic and try and melt it down like gold..

Nick_

So here's the National finished (Inc using the old 'sync' hole for the all new test button )
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Also when I was at Jaycar I grabbed some mono plugs & chassis mount 2.5mm jacks to do the rest of my flashes (580 inc)

The point of no return on my SB
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Test fitting & showing where it goes
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Another for the hell of it..
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Threadlocked & done!
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Factory finish! Plus now my 3rd battery doesn't jam & the door doesn't stick! Bonus!
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Just a quick note, This flash is still 100% operational in all senses, I didn't gut the shoe like on the National etc.. Just piggybacked off the PC Sync for the firing positive and a chassis earth for the neg & whammo. Placement of the jack was the biggest issue but thank god it all lined up perfectly.

Kyl3

Good job there Nick!

Nick_

Thanks man. I'll give you a discount if you ever want to leave PC sync cords behind!

Nick_

Well.. I have another light stand, a Honl 1/4" grid and 2 packs of Energizers (2450mah) coming..

Now I just need more cybersyncs! And something to shoot!

Nick_

Shizzam!

SR33

now start taking pics and post it up asap!!

Nick_

Just did man!

Didn't get to a model shoot with Dan (Dkam) on the weekend just been but he had a couple people to shoot plus had some studio strobes for the day!


Time to post 'em up Dan.

I'm on-call over the next week so it's OT & then some but hopefully soon Dan and I can get out and get some more images.

Benny_boy92

Colour definatly has more punch! Where abouts is that?

EUniqe

nice job! like it very much!

but i prefer it straightened, to look like what you actually see, as opposed to having it slightly distorted, so that it looks like a much larger image.

Nick_

Out past Esk. Random trip to find something to take a pic of.

Nick_

No offence, but what?

If you straightened it, you have just gone against spirit levels.. Also distorted? It's a 3-image stitch taken at 17mm.. of course it's going to be distorted to the purists..

Perhaps rephrase for me?

Benny_boy92

I do belive it has less of a fish eyed look on the corners....Thats about the only 0.1% of a difference i can see..

Nick_

I can't make out any difference apart from it's smaller and has less detail now (because it's a re-compressed jpeg).

EUniqe

Yes, i acknowledge that it is normal wide-angle distortion, and all i was saying is that it makes it look like a bigger landscape than it is as when you do not have any distortion.

Like what i did, just showing you, seeing if you like it

Nick_

Ooooooooooh ok, i just didn't see any difference apart from the image was smaller. So what did you do exactly?

Juiced

nick d you have lightroom 3? that has distortion repair

Nick_

Nah man, only CS4.. I know you can do, what is it.. umm.. perspective or something..

I'm guessing it's like a horizontal compression (as in squeezing it in from the sides), which is what EUniqe is talking about?

EUniqe

lol


flattened it?????????

can't you tell the horizon's flat now?

open the original and the one i edited in two tabs and scroll between them and you'll see what i mean.