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Anonymous
Made me a ringflash.
Since i dunt have a speedlite, i tried to work with the stnd flash.

First try.
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>> Anonymous
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No PP, except for WB btw.

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>> Anonymous
It's nowhere near strong enough and did you even line the insides with foil paper so it reflects?
>> Anonymous
jesus FUCKING christ that piercing

;_______________;
>> Anonymous
>>192042
I know, but for close-ups it works pretty fine.
And yes, dipshit, ofcourse i did the inside.
Since i spent 5 hours building it, i think it'll pretty ok.
>> Anonymous
>>192048

rofl fucking butthurt OP

it looks like fucking cardboard in the picture, no foil at all
>> Anonymous
>>192045
to hell with the piercing, her lips remind me of those shock pictures posted on /b/... god damn it
>> Anonymous
LOL PORTRAITS AT 18mm

how do i distorted features?
>> Anonymous
lol kit lens
>> Anonymous
>>192052

GOATSE LIPS
>> Anonymous
I want to violently violate your vagina.

MORE PIX OF THE OP.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !wFh1Fw9wBU
Holy barrel distortion. Don't shoot portraits under 35mm, it'll look like shit.
>> Anonymous
>>192061

35mm equivalent, or 35mm on his 1.6x crop?
>> Anonymous
>>192061
you are incorrect, photos can be under 35mm and still look good.
>> Anonymous
>>192063

not when the person is 10 cm away from the lens
>> Anonymous
>>192061
Nobody likes you, and you're wrong most of the time.
Stop posting.

I second the request for more pictures of the OP.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !wFh1Fw9wBU
>>192066
Fuck off.

>>192063
Yeah, if you fix the fucking BARREL DISTORTION.
>> Anonymous
>>192065

Seconding this. The distortion will be greatly increased when close up.
>> Anonymous
Made it for a friend of mine..
I myself normally use a d70.
With either the 50mm 1.8, 70-300 or kitlens.

>>192051
You has xray eyes?

And yes, it has disortion.
It was the fukkin first shot with this thing..
>> Anonymous
18mm is far too wide a focal length to be flattering for close-up portraits. Use your feet and stand back, set your lens to 50+ and then take the shot. It is a bad habit to always use the zoom rather than your feet.
>> Anonymous
>>192065
also untrue. my friend took a portrait of me close up, 17mm, it looks good.
>> Anonymous
>>192069

DepressedCheesecake: Always Wrong, All The Time
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
>>192075

Post it.
>> Anonymous
>>192078
for all the world to see my face? i think not. nice try though.

i will try and find some photos though where it's less than 35mm and close up.
>> Anonymous
>>192077
Faggot: Always Anonymous, To Avoid Embarassment
>> Anonymous
hahaha

ITT, butthurt OP
>> Anonymous
>>192080
and you are...?
>> Anonymous
>>192083
David
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
your friend has really shakey makeup.

congratulations for attempting to use the onboard flash to do this, though.
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
>>192079

Do you wear a balaclava constantly? Otherwise I would think "the whole world" sees your face whenever you go outside. :-p
>> Anonymous
>>192084
Hey, that's MY name!
>> Anonymous
>>192079
uh-oh somebody's ugly!
>> Anonymous
>>192039


nice idea. not sure the pop up flash is powerful enough. check on flickr for some other cheap/diy ringflashes. Some work others dont. Ive seen some decent designs that use two slave flashes. Alien bees make a fairly cheap ring flash. Its certianly cheaper than taping 4 sb-800s together.
>> Anonymous
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i think i've posted this picture like twice already, hah

anyway shot at 18mm. if you don't want your portraits to look this way- and for conventional portraiture you don't- avoid shooting this wide and this close.

yup yup.

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>> WetShirt !n21TE7QU8U
I
Like
It

I'm a fan of DIY solutions to $$$ problems.
The led-wannabe holes... I dunno. Lose them, take another pic, repoast. Also: take the next one at 35mm.

Inb4 strobist.
>> Anonymous
>>192098

HEAD IS HUGE AND TURTLE-LIKE IN APPEARANCE
>> Anonymous
>>192102
FCUK YOU.
do whatever the fuck you want.
It's like paint like Rembrandt or do some Dali.

And yeah, i do like 'good' portrets.
But since i just finished the damn thing and my roommate walked in from a wedding - all wasted, i thought it turned out pretty ok.
>> Anonymous
>>192098
also this.
>> Anonymous
>>192119

>portrets
>> Anonymous
ITT PORTRETS
>> Anonymous
>>192119

Oh wow. That can't be for real. It's too good.
>> Anonymous
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same camera, same lens, same ringflash
though he wasnt drunk, but spacing on mdma...
>> Anonymous
>>192051

maybe thats because we closed it up with a transparent sheet to make the light more diffuse
>> Anonymous
>>192165

it's a fucking pop up flash with a GN of like.. 14, you're bouncing it on a sheet of whatever to light up a ring that has a transparent sheet to diffuse and then through that "ring" monstrosity?

dude.. take all that shit out
>> Anonymous
>>192166
it works perfectly fine jackass... the inside is lined up with tinfoil, en it reflects light like a beast, so omgwtfbbq!!
>> Anonymous
>>192169
ITS OVER 9000!
>> Anonymous
>>192169en it reflects light like a beast

lol..
>> Anonymous
what with the thing with the holes in it? just for shits and giggles?
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>192169
try getting a flashgun and making a new ring to use that, it will be infinitely more useful.
>> Anonymous
>>192179
Yes.
>> Anonymous
>>192179
yeh sorta, its to direct the light a lil more, it makes the lighting just a tad softer, AND it leaves a nice ring of holes in ze eyes!
for ze lulz indeed!
>> Anonymous
>>192180
Yeh I guess so, but we're not like professional or whatever, we thought this would be a nice experiment, and I likes it.
>> sage !i/euDJmWr2
>>192187
You don't have to be professional to use an external flash. You can get a manual flash for $70, but you may or may not be willing to learn how to use one.
>> Anonymous
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>>192192You don't have to be professional to use an external flash.

Correct! Anyone can use an external flash!

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>> Bunny !4geHgd7wog
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>>192089
I'm not that ugly. 17mm. Though it does make you look odd...honestly I don't know much about cameras, honestly. I just like to photograph and mess around with cameras, I learn by messing, etc etc. Anyways, this is the picture my friend took of me.. I'm squinting because the sun was to the left of my eyes :D

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>> Anonymous
big nose is big
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
>>192217
And, you just fell for it.
>> Bunny !4geHgd7wog
>>192219
indeed
>> Anonymous
>>192192
I worked with some.
Didn't really miss it sofar, for the type of photographing i'm doing.
Shit and giggles.
>> Anonymous
>>192069
You're assuming some problematic things:

1. That the point of a portrait is to make someone look physically good. For some people it is. For others, it's a more psychological thing, showing something intangible about the person through visual depiction.

and/or

2. That obvious distortion is always unacceptable in a photograph, which is obviously not true, because grain, shallow depth of field, and the like are all also distortions.

and

3. Every lens is as poorly corrected as a shit 18-55. Borrow an L wide angle prime from that friend of yours with all the nice glass and try it out.
>> Anonymous
>>192217
how did whoever shot that pic do it without that much distortion? i mean theres some but not as much as youd expect from 17mm.
>> Anonymous
>>192241

did you miss the huge ass nose
>> Anonymous
>>192242
maybe she just has a big nose. it looks mostly in proportion to her face.
>> Jesus !1EQ.kCAg9c
>>192061
I don't think barrel distortion is OP picture's problem, if you catch my meaning.

>>192069
Or you could always just, you know, invest in a lens that has very little barrel distortion on the wide end.
>> Anonymous
>>192248

You are always going to get distortion of some sort at that focal length. Only a fool would think they can change the nature of that end of the focal length range to make it work like traditional portrait lengths.
>> Jesus !1EQ.kCAg9c
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>>192268
Of course...but some barrel distortion is manageable.

Pic related, sample of wide-end barrel distortion of a lens I use a lot.

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>> Anonymous
>>192274

It's not just the barrel distortion that causes it to look odd. The differences in compression greatly alter the image and will cause some to be more flattering than others.

Unless you are going for a novelty/special effect then you shouldn't be shooting a portrait close up with focal lengths like 17 or 18mm.
>> Jesus !1EQ.kCAg9c
>>192286
Yeah, and in those specific situations you mentioned, short focal lengths work perfectly well. It's not a range that's good for classical portraits, but it will still work nonetheless if you're going for something other than the norm.
>> Anonymous
>>192295

I don't disagree with it and I've gathered from your previous posts you understand what it is for, but all too many people use the wide end of the zoom rather than their feet and stepping back, resulting in horrible images.
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66mm on a point and shoot Sony.
>> lobstercake !pJDFbJZtxk
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>>192162

MDMA

f/1.8