These three pictures are from me experimenting with a flash trick that I just read about in a photography magazine. It's for taking pictures that need a flash, but the flash washes the whole thing out. Basically you just put a layer, or two, or three of tissue over the flash (not the light sensor though) and take your picture normally.
Here's the first picture, taken with the macro setting, flash turned on, camera 8 or 10 inches from the flowers:
And now with one layer of Kleenex over the flash, everything else is the same:
And with two layers of Kleenex over it:
All in all, I like what happened. I'm going to have to experiment some more, but I really like that the image is still crisp, but without the harsh shadows of a regular macro picture with flash. It's just a little softer. :)
Comments (1)
Great idea! I will have to try that sometime. Digital camera flashes are the worst.
Posted by Laura | June 22, 2003 1:21 AM