As per subject line!

Any thoughts on a dedicated photo trip somewhere around N Wales. Would need to give sufficient opportunities and space for everybody to have a go at what they wanted to do. For my part I'd like to see somebody who knew what they were doing with slave fired flashes and give that a go myself...

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i'd be up for that
its getting up there that's the issue for me!
anyone else thinking of going from the south-west?

me too :thumbsup:

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count me in for this one as well. As for suggestions for where- would henre spar be a good idea as it's much lighter than slate?

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I'll see if I can dig out some slave flashes, I'm sure I have a couple hidden away somewhere. I don't have anything huge like Metz 45's though.

Personally, I am interested in seeing what multiple shorter exposures on the same frame will yield.

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As per subject line!
For my part I'd like to see somebody who knew what they were doing with slave fired flashes and give that a go myself...

A good starter is the Strobist 101:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html 

Worth plodding through as once you get a grasp of the jargon, the rest falls into place. A problem with flash is that in effect, you're transporting a studio underground. Cavers have been doing it for years with fantastic results. But I think the attitude is, the whole trip is to get one shot. Nothing wrong with that of course.

My main issue with light painting is that a moving light source blurs the shadows.

We'll put our heads together and try to come up with something. I'd really like to see some slave flash guru in action.

I notice the person with the original idea hasn't said anything yet :lol: Mr Vanoord...

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It's something I too would like to have a go at, I have a Metz 45 but no slave to fire it.

Of course the other problem then is that one flash unit would not be enough & then the issue with spending lots of dosh then comes into it, though the idea of several of us getting together to give it a try is a good one.

Any recommendations as to suitable slave units??

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It's something I too would like to have a go at, I have a Metz 45 but no slave to fire it.

Same here - Metz 45 but nothing to fire it. Actually I did have a wireless thingy off the camera in the early days, but it rarely worked and might have been the cause of a rude word or two...

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I may be able to sort something that will trigger a PC socket from a very small flash strobe using the on-camera flash.

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We'll put our heads together and try to come up with something. I'd really like to see some slave flash guru in action.

I notice the person with the original idea hasn't said anything yet :lol: Mr Vanoord...

That would be because I went to bed at 9.30 last night!

I may still have at least one big Metz somewhere, shall have a dig around.

Now may not be the best time to mention that I sold 8 of them about a year back... 😞

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hey;
Yep I appreciate that I haven't been on here much since around, february?
I'm going to drive down to Llangollen at some point and look at Moel Fferna... the colour of the rock in there is different, almost blue coloured... So I thought I'd take some photos down there, anyone is welcome to come 🙂 I heard, about two years ago that an adit had been cleared thus allowing access via one of the levels but I haven't heard any more about this so.
Maybe Wrysgan would be good for large chamber photography, which is always fun to position flashes at according positions and shine torches across the roof ;p You could maybe have a good few photo oppertunities in Wrygan for synchronised flash photography, if that's what you're intending to do Simon. But then again, I noticed there are boulders the size of small houses in Wrysgan so how stable are the big chambers...? I wonder

anyhow good to be on here again 😃

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Hi LAP, welcome back! :thumbsup:

Moel Fferna is still an SRT trip. A few chaps very usefully put a metal ladder in the shaft so you can get in with a 10m electron ladder now and finish in this in-situ metal ladder.

I don't think anything ever came of the plan to dig out the adit, but that's probably a good thing because everything in there is nicely preserved.

Wrysgan would be interesting for a trip, but in honesty apart from the massive chambers there's not a lot to actually photograph. Some impressive views, but little in the way of artifacts.

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Pencil me in for this one.