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I'm converting a room into a flight room for photographing bats. I do

lots of work with bat conservation including helping students with

images for their studies. Various students require images of bats in

flight and this studio will hopefully help capture those images.

The question I have is with the background. I want to make the

entire room, walls and ceiling, black. What is the best medium to use

so that the background remains black? The room is approximately 4

metres by 3 metres.

All help appreciated.

Dave Anderson

Hallo Art,

Thanks for your response. I'm hoping to get the light sources to within 10 feet. Possibly as close as 5 or 6 feet. But I'd like to have a system that could compensate for a greater distance if the situation arises.

Looking forward to your comments.

All the best Dave Anderson.

Hallo folks,

I'm looking to take pictures of bats in flight and am wandering

through the wilderness at the moment as to what is the best set up to

achieve this. The camera I'll be using is an F90x (N90 as I believe

it's called in the States). I have a Nikon SB28 flash and was

thinking of joining this up to a couple of Metz Flashes and having

the whole thing fired by a shutter beam.

The questions are are these flashes the best for the job and what

are the specific cables required to connect them all? Also would a

300mm lens be suitable or would you suggest something else?

I was also looking at the Woods CC-594 shutter beam. Right choice

or not?

I'd appreciate any answers to these questions and any other useful

advice.

Thanks a lot. Dave Anderson