Strobe at the top of the camera

Hiii

last time i was asking about swiching from YS-90 auto to Inon Z240 for wide angle pictures.

i was assuming that if i switch from YS-90 auto to Inon Z240 i will get a better coverage for my wide-angle picture.

However, it turns out it's not true...

Now i have another question

please look at this picture below.

Shot with NIKON D50 at 2007-08-16

THis picture were taken using 2 Ys-90 auto and Nikon 10.5mm fisheye.

i noticed that the center of the image is not bright enough (The Flash cannot cover the center of the image).

Next time, what should i do to make my 2 YS-90 auto be able to cover the center of the image.

Should i add another strobe at the top of the camera in order to lid the center of the image (when i'm using Nikon 10.5mm) ? therefore i will use 3 strobes??

For Nikon 12-24mm i never had any problems like this one.

Thx You in Advance

Andree

Hi Andree,

Your strobes are on too long arms and aimed out too much for that subject/camera to subject distance/composition. It is more to do with flash positioning than strobe power. Fisheyes are tough to light. But you can get the results you want without buying anything.

Three strobes can be useful - but they are not a necessity. Position the strobes you have correctly and you save yourself a purchase.

Here are a couple of examples. This one is shot with the 10.5mm, a YS90 and YS30 (much less powerful than the YS90):

And this one is shot with the 10mm Tokina 10-17mm fisheye and just a single YS30 - a fisheye with just one little strobe:

Hope this helps and saves you some money.

Alex

Hi Alex

Sorry for the late reply, i just got bck from Jakarta.

Thx u so much for the explanation!

I really dont know how to use 10.5 for underwater.

it's so hard to positioning the strobes

>.<

i really need a lot of practice for UW-Wide Angle pic

Once again

thx you very much

i'll try it next time

Andree

It is the toughest lens to use underwater, but once mastered the most powerful. Nobody should expect to be on top of it after just a few dives using it. Keeping going and the shots you want will come.

Alex