to flash or not

[abcat1993]

My parents had/have a nice, non digital camera that has a detachable flash like that. Works great but they don't have a macro lens. Also, unfortunately, my dad got a $300 non-lens changeable (or whatever you'd call it) instead of the $300 changeable lens camera (again, whatever you'd call it) for some strange reason I still don't understand.

[Thamnophis]

I don´t understand it neither.

[GarterGuy]

Just thought I'd give an example of why a flash is very useful sometimes. Here's two pics.....one was taken with out a flash and the other with.


With out flash




With flash



....the flash removed all the shadows from the rock over hang and really showed off the snake a lot better. Very often I will take pics with and with out flash, just to see what affect it has on the final pic.
Roy

[Stefan-A]

I like shadows.

[GarterGuy]

Yeh, I do like the first pic....it looks more "natural", but I really think the snake shows up better in the second pic. Guess it depends what affect your going for. That's pretty much why I usually try to do both.

[drache]

I guess both is good in different ways.
I like the first one better visually.
The second seems kind of washed out, when it comes to the overall image impact, but it does show better detail on the snake