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A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 045

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5 Jan 2014

A Floral Bokeh

Here is a picture of the Ring with white selected.

The following are self portraits done using the Light Ring without the flash enabled and with the camera hand held.

With the first attempt you can see the reflection from the Light Ring.

With the second and third attempts I have bokeh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh

Deliberate and artistic bluring (Well not really.)

I now need to invest in a decent Macro Lens or adapter and make a diffuser for the Light Ring for better close ups.

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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to DAB +1

DAB You are right, and I used to think that lens worked well from their lowest to their highest aperture until I read this. http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50-comparison/f-stops.htm He has some other…

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DAB over 11 years ago

Hi Monte,
You can also use a white cardstock to bounce the flash back to your target by indirect light. That will get you fewer reflections and good color.

Is it your camera or the LED's that appear to have a slight red tint? Just curious.

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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to DAB

Compact
You have the option of raw for the canon T1 (which I presume is close to yours), so I would use that.
It will allow minor corrections to everything except focus, before exporting to a jpeg.

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mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to DAB

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You have the option of raw for the canon T1 (which I presume is close to yours), so I would use that.
It will allow minor corrections to everything except focus, before exporting to a jpeg.

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