Fill in Flash

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MAC
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Fill in Flash

#1 Post by MAC »

Hey all,

You might have heard the term fill in flash mentioned in these posts. Basically it is just a bit of low level flash on a bright day to hel brighten up the foreground. When taking photos with a nice bright sky, you camera will Adjjust for the whole scene and more than likely end up leaving the person with the fish a little underexposed. If you can turn your flash on and set the power low, you can use the light from the flash to help expose the person and fish a lot. I believe a slow syncro setting on a pocket camera provides the same effect.

Here is a picture without the flash on.

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I notices that Al was way underexposed so I turned the flash on turned the power down.

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Here is the effect on a close up picture

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You can see there is a big difference. Give it a try lads.

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Re: Fill in Flash

#2 Post by Danny M. »

Thats some difference MAC.

Really brings out the colors of the Wrasse.
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Re: Fill in Flash

#3 Post by round_ourway »

great tip mac, I will be playing around the camera to try it out
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Re: Fill in Flash

#4 Post by MAC »

No hassle lads...

It was just one of those really nicely coloured Wrasse Danny, so I had to get it right. As you can see the first pic done it no justice at all.

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