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  1. 22nd December 2009, 07:50 AM #1
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    Last Sunday in 'Arts and Craft' I made..

    ..this!



    It's called a 'beauty dish'. It just fits over the head of my flash gun and makes lighting like this..



    and this..



    .and this.



    Basically it came about after a 7" stainless steel mixing bowl became redundant when I bought the missus a complete new set for her birthday. Using a Milo tin lid, a crappy stubby holder and some unwanted kid's mechano bits, the design pretty much just came together by itself. The only items that really cost anything were the 6 dremel cutoff wheels I used up cutting the rectangle out of the back of the dish. (That thing it tough!)

    Hope you like it.
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  2. 22nd December 2009, 05:26 PM #2
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    Mixing bowl... I thought it was a dog bowl and was wondering what the poor pooch is eating out of now!

    Next you'll be igniting a lump of extra fine steel wool shoved into a lightbulb globe with a spark triggered by the camera

    What power setting do you use with this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dm_td5 View Post
    What power setting do you use with this?
    I just use it on automatic. The TTL metering still works fine. The only time it gets really upset is if the flash head is lifted up into a 'bounce' position instead of remaining in the 'direct' position. It will over-expose then. The flash has to be reasonably close (1-2m) for the soft light effect though.
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    Would you take some before/after shots with the same flash unit so we can compare the two?
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  5. 22nd December 2009, 08:58 PM #5
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    No worries. Here's a series of different setups for comparison.

    Direct flash (on camera)



    Bounce off ceiling (on camera) - 8.5' white ceiling



    Direct flash (off camera - 45°)



    Beauty dish (off camera - 45°)
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    My vote is for the second shot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chucaro View Post
    My vote is for the second shot.
    Mine too but I don't usually have a 8.5' white ceiling that I can carry around with me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by werdan View Post
    Mine too but I don't usually have a 8.5' white ceiling that I can carry around with me.
    next gadget will be a gazebo with white top
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    Number 4 is annual report mug shot material.
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    "unwanted" mechano???

    no such thing is there??
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