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And here are a couple more. At this early stage I believe that the new diffuser is definitely better than my old one, perhaps not a huge upgrade, at least as far as light quality is concerned. It is a little softer, and more even lighting. The biggest difference is the lack of heavy shadows...

We tried something new. There are a number of plants at Magnolia that have large to very large leaves. We tried the technique of remotely triggering the flash to illuminate the leaves from behind. I don't think I really nailed any one of these, but it looks interesting enough to try again. There...

Well, the Pup and I made it out to Magnolia Plantation today to try out the new AK diffusers. They were a little more fiddly putting together standing at the trunk of the car, than sitting in a comfortable chair in the house. I'm sure some experience will take care of that. I may consider...

About the only thing we have around here that is that old is stone tools. Having said that, I did discover a wooden canoe in one of the local rivers that was carbon14 dated at over 4,000 years old. That was a red letter day diving.

Well, the AK diffuser came this afternoon. I hurriedly put it together and went out into the wild lands of the backyard. Unfortunately, the lynx spider had already finished her lunch, but I managed to rustle up a few other critters to shoot. No noteworthy results, but gave me an idea of how the...

That lynx spider is one formidable hunter.

I went through a lot of fruit flies teaching him that trick. :rolleyes:

Thanks. I'm hoping that the new AK will provide even softer lighting. It's supposed to arrive this afternoon, and the Pup and I are planning on an outing tomorrow. The weather is starting to cool down enough that the Pup is wanting to go out and shoot with me.

Another update. I was contacted by someone at Topaz. They got me to send a bunch of info about my computer and sample files. They had me try a few things on my computer, and finally let me try downloading the latest version of Photo AI. Still the same issue. I notified them them it hadn't...

Thought I'd take the last few pictures with my trusty old homemade diffuser. The Pup and I have shiny new AK diffusers arriving tomorrow. I'm looking forward to trying it out, but I doubt it will make that big a difference. At least it will look more professional than my duct tape special...

My daughter has been using her TT350n for about a year. I believe it's basically the same flash without the Ii-on batteries. She has been very happy with it. I have found the TT685n to be a real workhorse. I've been using a home made version of the AK diffuser. I'm probably going to buy one of...

I have the Godox TT685 and my daughter has the Godox TT350. Both are excellent flashes for the money. We use them mainly for macro shooting. The 350 is smaller, less expensive, simpler to operate, and has less power than the the 685. It comes with a small diffuser cap that will fit over the...

Update. After trying TTL mode for a while, I have gone back to full manual. The TTL works, but I am just more comfortable with making adjustments using manual. I probably can get less really off exposures using TTL, but I still get a lot of exposures that I want to adjust with TTL. I believe...

I can't speak to wedding photography, but I find that while it's a good idea to "nail" the exposure, there is enough leeway in modern digital cameras to make bracketing unnecessary in most shooting situations. I can normally "fix" images that are up to 3 stops over/under exposed. I normally only...

I warned you. ;)

I made my way back over to Cypress Gardens this morning. I won't say it was humid, but I think I should have been using a Nikonos. I wasn't too hopeful about what I had shot when I left, but they cleaned up a little better than expected. Go ahead and say it, I have a thing for the small tree...

OK, I feel better now about my first camera, an Argus C4.;) Seriously, Welcome. This is a great place to learn, grow and share.

We have so many categories it's really hard to keep up sometimes.

Well, I made another copy of one of the earlier posted slides using my updated holder. It turned out it wasn't out of focus as I initially thought. I think that it was misaligned, and shallow DOF resulted in only the bottom portion being in focus. I have been using Topaz Denoise, rather than...