My digital camera has a built-in flash so why do I need another?
Built-in flashes are only effective to 8-10 feet or less, but this high power flash greatly extends the range!
The built-in flash units of digital cameras are on average effective to only about 8-10 feet, and that's when your lens is at its widest angle setting. When you want to zoom in on theaction (towards the telephoto end of your zoom range) you'll find that your built-in flash does the opposite of what you want, and its range is reduced! So, when you want to use your camera's telephoto capability, and the built-in flash is your only lighting option, your pictures will frequently be severely underexposed.
The new advanced slave circuitry of the Pro Digital Auto Slave Flash with Bracket Set is not fooled by the "pre-flash" and eliminates the need for an electrical connection to your camera.
For professional looking flash pictures!
The Pro Digital Auto Slave Flash with Bracket Set is designed to move slightly off-center and increase the distance between the flash and the lens. This eliminates or minimizes red eye, reduces shadows directly behind the subject and adds dimension to the subject in portrait photography.
To shoot more flash pictures faster
The auto circuitry allows you to turn off your camera's time-wasting red eye reduction feature (which delays each shot about a second before your shutter finally fires).
Features Include:
Auto Pre-flash Sensor for red eye
Flash Ready Light indicator
Compact, lightweight design is ideal for travel
Enables use of smaller apertures for increased depth of field
Improves color, depth and evenness of lighting up to 34 feet or more
Use off camera as a remote slave, place & aim it anywhere extra light is needed
Bracket includes hot shoe for easy flash removal
Customer Review: Best 20 Bucks I've Spent In A Long Time
I was Googling for a slave flash for my Powershot SD790 IS and saw offers in the hundreds of dollars, so when I spotted this offer for 20 bucks, I figured it was too good to be true. But it was the only one in my price range which would have been under $50. I am very surprised that it works very well. I need to take pictures at polka dances where the lights are lowered. Without the slave, my pictures needed to be enhanced and lightening them or increasing the gamma nearly always caused artifacts in the pictures. No enhancement is needed for pix I take using this Zeikos slave. It allows me to select the flash with the first, second, third or fourth flash of the camera's flash which depends on the camera's setting. It can also be used as a remote supplementary flash and, if my camera had a hot shoe, it could be used with that. I'm very happy with it.
Works of art definitely have their place in the garden. A fine sculpture often functions as the focal point in a composition. However one does not necessarily have to go to the expense of procuring a man-made artifact or alternatively, one outstanding piece of sculpture can be supported by other less dramatic objects.
These "other objects" are plants that by virtue of their strong line and clear form, act as sculptural elements in the garden. These natural sculptures, if bought when small, do not have to cost much money, but are nonetheless a vital ingredient in the planting scheme, for in order to complete a garden composition, consideration should always be given to the choosing and careful placing of a sculptural plant or two. Here are some examples.
*Plumeria rubra, sometimes known as Frangipani, grows as a low open tree of outstanding form and shape in Mediterranean climates. It also has large attractive a highly fragrant flowers. Plumeria is suitable for frost free areas only.
*The common Guava, Psidium guajava contributes to a garden in a variety of ways. It has beautiful peeling bark, attractive flowers and of course decorative and tasty fruit. Its fine sculptural shape however, is often overlooked. For people who dislike the strong fragrance of the fruit, a dwarf variety growing to about 5 meters in Mediterranean climates, can be considered, as its fruit are odorless. The dwarf Guava is particularly outstanding in its sculptural qualities.
*The Strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, is the subject of a recent article of mine. Click on the link below and then on the article page for some information on this excellent species.
*Other examples would include Yucca, varieties of Dracaena, and grass like plants such as Phormium and Cyperus papyrus. Cacti are obviously plants possessing a clearly defined shape, and can definitely be termed sculptural. However, caution should be used as they rarely if ever combine well design wise, with other plants. Cacti are therefore best left as a special grouping in a separate part of the garden.
When choosing a garden tree, many people are distracted by considerations of flower color and edible fruit. These are of course important, but of far greater year-round significance is the shape and form of the tree. Careful thought should be given to its size, which should be appropriate in terms of scale to the plot as a whole. Due to the fact that the right tree in the right place can of itself constitute a major sculptural element, a couple of points should be remembered.
*A tree out of leaf will generally look more sculptural than when the same tree is in leaf. Therefore, while the majority of plant material in the garden should be evergreen, at least one deciduous tree should be planted.
*In order for the tree to realize its full sculptural potential, it should be given its proper space. Over-planting, quite apart from its other detrimental attributes, will detract from the sculpture, not enhance it.
Finally, interesting shapes can be attained by pruning up certain shrubs into mini trees. Examples that spring to mind are Pitanga, Eugenia uniflora, Pittosporum tobira, Carissa macrocarpa, species of Vitex, and many more.
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