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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7744324, member: 84744"]First, a disclaimer: I am no photography expert!</p><p><br /></p><p>Your new flash photos look great normal size, but I see quite a lot of colour noise when I blow them up. If that matters to you, you might want to consider an alternative to flash: a ring light. Here are two shots, first without the ring, and then with:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325850[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the ring light gets some of the liveliness that the flash achieves, without too much glare. It doesn't even need to be attached to the camera, you can hand-hold it in position, and even angle it to get your preferred look. Personally I've found this much easier to use than flash! Super cheap too - a battery powered LED ring lights cost very little on Amazon.</p><p><br /></p><p>For silver I usually try it both with and without the ring light and choose whichever one I think looks better. I find the ring rarely helps with AE.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Doug that a homemade wooden copy stand is an excellent idea. (That's what I've got.) I normally shoot everything at f/13 which gives me enough depth of field. With the copy stand, ISO is always 100. (It's important to release the shutter remotely. I just use my computer for this via the Canon software.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7744324, member: 84744"]First, a disclaimer: I am no photography expert! Your new flash photos look great normal size, but I see quite a lot of colour noise when I blow them up. If that matters to you, you might want to consider an alternative to flash: a ring light. Here are two shots, first without the ring, and then with: [ATTACH=full]1325850[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1325851[/ATTACH] As you can see, the ring light gets some of the liveliness that the flash achieves, without too much glare. It doesn't even need to be attached to the camera, you can hand-hold it in position, and even angle it to get your preferred look. Personally I've found this much easier to use than flash! Super cheap too - a battery powered LED ring lights cost very little on Amazon. For silver I usually try it both with and without the ring light and choose whichever one I think looks better. I find the ring rarely helps with AE. I agree with Doug that a homemade wooden copy stand is an excellent idea. (That's what I've got.) I normally shoot everything at f/13 which gives me enough depth of field. With the copy stand, ISO is always 100. (It's important to release the shutter remotely. I just use my computer for this via the Canon software.)[/QUOTE]
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