wedding break' off

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Originally uploaded by Nevoir.

I took some pics at my mates wedding at the weekend. An unexpected breakdancing competition presented an ideal opportunity to try out my new flash.

I think these guys had previous as they were pretty good dancers with some windmills and headstands making an appearance. I got these shots by dialling the shutter down to 1/10th and shifting the flash to rear curtain...

light trails at the arc de triumph

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Originally uploaded by Nevoir.

ok so a break from the macro, one from the archives showing that if you are prepared to duel with the Paris traffic you can get some great shots.

This was one of many of my shots that I wouldnt have got without a small pocket triopod which in this case was balanced on a traffic beacon. I set it ti f22 and let it work out the rest....probably using a timer as cable releases keep getting taken off me in airports!

This was taken on Ilford black and white film..back in them old days when you had to take 24 consecutive shots in b&w...well not strickly true but you catch my drift...

lily macro...

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Originally uploaded by Nevoir.

yep, more of the macro with the new extension tubes. After playing around with various compositions and depths of field this was one of my favourites.

I've just bought Ross Hoddinott's digital macro book which looks pretty good after an initial flick through. In addition to this check out the following for great macro resources and stuff on using flash.

Ross Hoddinott's website
Digital macro book by Ross Hoddinott
Ken Rockwell on Nikon flash

mellow yellow

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Originally uploaded by Nevoir.

Another macro from the weekend which when i saw it in for the first time I nearly wet myself as it looked so much better on the laptop than it did on the camera.

I like the petals off to the right of the shot...a vertical crop would make an interesting abstract..

One thing I did notice was the difference it makes when you get the exposure and white balance spot on by using a grey card. The custom white balance in the d70 worked brilliantly for these and using the histogram you cant fail to get the exposure nailed.

macro

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Originally uploaded by Nevoir.

After reading about this macro lighting set-up at strobist I was inspired to have a go and see what i could get...

This macro lark is amazing and opens up a whole new world of opportunities. I took 6 or so shots at a variety of f-stops whilst experimenting with different combinations of extension tubes...

Its fantastic that for about 20 quid you can set yourself up with the kit to both take and light some great macro shots...

This is my favourite of the many that I took. I love the depth of field and the purity of the shot...