One of our model horse clubs has a Secret Santa swap and last year our Santa Horse gave us a fun set of hand-made ornaments. Each one was a Stablemate-size foal in a plaster snow base with ribbons and a wreath or evergreen garland on them. I used the new Coolpix P90 to take a few close-up photos with flash to see what worked best.
First, I tried putting my finger over part of the flash. That resulted in the ornament having a red tinge from my blood on it’s top half and the snow over-exposed.
Next, I made a photo without any corrections—a sort-of control photo. Everything is very harshly lit and the snow base is very over-exposed, with no details.
Finally, I made one from about 3 feet away, zooming in on the ornament, with the flash in fill mode.
I still had detail in the snow base and the horse was pleasantly lit.
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