Recently there was long thread about the BCA. I can now post possible answers to some of the questions, such as "Why is the BCA still raising membership prices when there is a significant amount still left in its coffers?"
Has anyone any experience of the Yongnuo YN-560 flash units?
It sounds like they may be a viable (and indeed potentially superior if powerful enough) alternative to Metz 45s. I'm particularly interested to know what the wide-angle light output is like compared to the Metz units; it's hard to...
A few quick no-flash snaps from Bull Pot Farm/Bull Pot of the Witches on Saturday...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54400681@N03/sets/72157625855449674/
Was it wet! I heard reports of water going in the lid of Lancaster.
Not being a set of underground pictures, this is perhaps slightly off-topic... but it was so stunning in the Dales on Sunday that I thought I'd share a few of these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54400681@N03/sets/72157625421621515/
- Mark
A few somewhat brown pictures of Spain from last weekend ...
http://www.three-tuns.net/mark/photos/matienzo/
Coal Store Cave the top two; then Cueva Vallina; then two self-portraits in Coventosa.
For some time I've been using second-hand Metz 45 flashguns, plus either home-built Gibson or bought Firefly units taped onto them, transported in a drybag inside a small tacklesack. I'm getting increasingly frustrated with this arrangement for a number of reasons:
- The flashguns just aren't...
Thanks for all the comments - I'm a bit behind in replying to them all :) Any feedback is welcome; as Rob said you don't really improve without it, and I appreciate the time people take to write it. I happen to also think the Peak Cavern shot looks a bit odd...
mrodoc - Nice photos. I think...
People have been pestering me for ages to get my cave photos together on the web, so here we are:
http://www.three-tuns.net/mark/photos/
There are plenty more to come in the near future ...
- Mark Shinwell