I thought of making my own flash filters with transparent colored paper. The idea is to place these transparent papers over the flash of my Nikon D40 camera and then taking shots with the flash on. The flash should go through the transparent paper, giving the shot a split second of color light.

Playing around with different opacities of transparent paper (by adding/removing the # of sheets I’ve used). Here are a couple of shots (no photoshopping, but similar effects could be achieved digitally through photoshop… where’s the fun though?)
D40: Without any filters:
1 - 2 green transparent sheets:
5 yellow & 1 blue sheet (my favorite):

 

Many green sheets (some yellow) - ugly:

Placing the sheet directly over the filters:

** I find that these effects work better with close up / macro shots because the strength of the flash.

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