[keveb08]

July 21, 2011 at 11:41 pm

Thanks feck and everyone for the advice, I ended up going for the Yongnuo YN-460II which arrived yesterday. 50 Euro inc shipping and so far so good, think it will do everything I need a flas for.

Cheers

Kev

[keveb08]

July 14, 2011 at 10:34 pm

2 good shots, but the second one for me is much the better, great composition,

very well done

[keveb08]

June 29, 2011 at 8:45 pm

wow great photos, and omly first go at this, very well done,

Kev

[keveb08]

June 27, 2011 at 9:37 pm

Great work Joey C, I love them all, just wish I could get results half as good as these,

Very well done,

Kev

[keveb08]

June 27, 2011 at 9:30 pm

Thanks again for the comments, all taken on board for next time, and yes Joe, it is great fun doing this kind of photography, but a lot of late nights, ha ha

Kev

[keveb08]

June 27, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Wow, great set, just love the color in the first one, the detail is amazing, very well done.

Kev.

[keveb08]

June 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Hi Jenny,

Thank for your comments and I will see if I can do what you suggested about cropping the photo, but generally I do not use Photoshop or edit any of my photos, it’s what you see is what the camera has taken, but I guess I can see what I can come up with.

The overall shoot took about an hour and a half and in that time I took 5 photos. The exposure time on each of the photos is about 3min’s so the rest of the time was setting up and trying different things. The dome effect of sparks is achieved by taking some steel wool, tying some wire around it, setting it alight and then just swirl it around your head. As you may see from some of the other photos I have added the effect varies when doing this, sometimes it lights up more than others, but I guess with most things it’s trial and error.

Hope you like the other photos and look forward to your comments,

Kev.

[keveb08]

June 27, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Hi Joe,

I have uploaded the other photos of this set, please let me know what you think, but for me looking at them again, I still fell the “Space Cowboy” is the best of the bunch. The steel wool does not give the same effect in every photo which is a shame, because some of the other shots would be better if it was brighter, as you would say IMO, and it’s great to have your and others opinion.

I look forward to your comments.

Kev

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[keveb08]

June 26, 2011 at 10:14 pm

Hey Joe and Faing,

Thank you so much for your comments, it means a lot to a beginner like myself to receive such good feedback on my photo’s.

I love hearing other peoples opinion on my work, so I can learn and try any suggestions I receive, thanks again.

Joe, I think I know what you mean about 2 ideas going on, in fact I took this photo 5 times each time adding a little something extra and found the photo without the red and green effect in the foreground is missing something, I also tried it with blue light in the foreground but found this effect was too strong and overpowered the rest of the photo. I am just wondering if I should upload the rest of the set and you might see what I was trying to do, and then I could ask which one people like the most.

What you think?

Cheers,

Kev

[keveb08]

June 25, 2011 at 10:36 pm

Thanks again Jenny,

had a look for Metz, but much more costly than Yongnuo, think Yongnuo might be worth a go.

[keveb08]

June 25, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Hey Jenny,

Don’t be silly that was helpful. Ya I was looking at the Yongnuo on eBay and yep the price is right on them, but I also spotted a lot of people having trouble with it when I googled it. Think I need to do some more research on Yongnuo.

Thanks for taking the time to reply,

Kev

[keveb08]

June 24, 2011 at 1:13 am

Welcome, hope you enjoy your time here..

[keveb08]

June 23, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Hi Marc,

Thanks for the comment. I sent you PM,

Cheers

Kev.

[keveb08]

June 22, 2011 at 9:48 pm

Hi,
Very nice shots, I really like the first one, well done.

Kev

[keveb08]

June 22, 2011 at 6:17 pm

Cheers Nigel,

Ya such a pity about the lights been turned off, Photo was taking at 2.05am and I have heard that they turn the lights off at 2am, so dam close, I will have to try and get back to Dublin soon and get down there B4 2am, lol

Thanks for the comment,

Kev