From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Gary Woods wrote:   
   > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:23:39 -0400, Nyssa    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Anyone have any other ideas for re-purposing on-hand items   
   >>to help with lighting or other photography issues?   
   >   
   > Piece of white posterboard, lit by whatever as a "soft light"   
   > reflector.   
   > The saving grace is that the current sensors are _much_ more   
   > sensitive, so insane light levels not needed.   
      
     yes, so far that is what i'm finding out.   
      
     there are various youtube videos you can find which   
   show various kinds of light filters or softeners.   
      
     for me, i came up with a piece of plastic which i   
   can hang right off the overhead camera/flash (they   
   are attached) and on that i used double sided tape   
   to hold some small mirrors to a piece of foam so   
   that it deflects the light from the flash off to the   
   sides.   
      
     the hook itself is made from a piece of plastic   
   cut from a milk carton, so it is stiff enough to be   
   shaped and hold it's shape and also to be bent to   
   the angle i needed for it to be.   
      
     it works to get rid of the worst of the glare from   
   the flash and working so close up.   
      
     i'm not sure yet this is my final set up for doing   
   the pictures i want to take but it sure looks a lot   
   better now than it did before.   
      
     i'm still trying other things too as i get the time   
   and inclination in between bouts of gardening and the   
   other things going on.   
      
     there are other things that eventually can be done   
   from making other flash unit redirectors to get the   
   light i want, and they aren't expensive to do either,   
   just a few $ - so that is nice.  the hard part now is   
   that can't go get things from the stores so just have   
   to be patient and work with what i have on hand.   
      
     luckily i did get all the hardware i needed for this   
   initial foray before the shipping stuff started to be   
   restricted.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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