Just got back from Aruba using my new setup... DX80 and YS110 Strobes and I couldn't seem to get the light focused correctly. I used my fisheye lense on the wreck dives and I couldn't seem to get enough light on anything. When I got close to an object I would only get light in one area.....one circle of light and the rest was just dark. Is there a trick on where your strobes should be focused?
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How to position Sea Arms
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How to position Sea Arms
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Hi. I've been playing with the new 110"s and 250's and my favorite position for even light for WA is with each strobe to the side of the lens about 12" outboard. I aim the strobes at an angle outboard of about 10 or 15 degrees depending on how close the subject is. The goal is to have the cone of light just in front of the subject. I did about 200 shots of varying angles and powers in the pool to see what I could figure out. You can learn a lot just taking images of the pool wall at different distances and different strobe powers. (Your friends will thank you've lost it though, "Look at this great shot of my pool wall")Is there a trick on where your strobes should be focused?
You can also move the strobes up relative to the lens if you want darker areas under the subject. Some folks think it looks more realistic to have the light coming from above. I'd say it depends on the subject and the intention of the image. There are lots of other variables, more power on one side than the other, diffusers, infinite positions, aperature, etc. What you want to try to avoid is lighting up the water column (and all the stuff) between the subject and the lens. I think at the end of the day, it's the light that seperates the artist pros from the rest of us.
Steve
