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<blockquote data-quote="Lawrence" data-source="post: 373179" data-attributes="member: 16844">31st OctoberOkay folks we are on the home straight with only 2 months to go.&nbsp; Whoooo hoooo! I feel semi- :triumphant:Tonight I got the picture but I didn't get the picture.I got the picture that what I was trying to do is flipping difficult (if not impossible for me) with a speed light and that a static light source would be easier - but only just as the timing of the shutter would still be essential but ... at least I could shoot on continuous to improve the odds!As a result I didn't get the picture ... of the lemon as it enters the water. I either got a flying lemon or a drowned lemon. I eventually gave up in the interests of preserving my shutter count.So here is the drowning lemon.[ATTACH]121348[/ATTACH]And prior to all this fun and frustration I cut the rose that was billowing in the wind 2 or 3 days ago and hence slightly out of focus and stuck it in a vase.&nbsp; With tripod and manual focus I nailed the sucker dead![ATTACH]121349[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lawrence, post: 373179, member: 16844"] [U][B]31st October[/B][/U] Okay folks we are on the home straight with only 2 months to go. Whoooo hoooo! I feel semi- :triumphant: Tonight [B]I got the picture[/B] but [U][I]I didn't get the picture[/I][/U]. [B]I got the picture[/B] that what I was trying to do is flipping difficult (if not impossible for me) with a speed light and that a static light source would be easier - but only just as the timing of the shutter would still be essential but ... at least I could shoot on continuous to improve the odds! As a result [U][I]I didn't get the picture[/I][/U] ... of the lemon as it enters the water. I either got a flying lemon or a drowned lemon. I eventually gave up in the interests of preserving my shutter count. So here is the drowning lemon. [ATTACH=CONFIG]121348._xfImport[/ATTACH] And prior to all this fun and frustration I cut the rose that was billowing in the wind 2 or 3 days ago and hence slightly out of focus and stuck it in a vase. With tripod and manual focus I nailed the sucker [I]dead! [/I] [ATTACH=CONFIG]121349._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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