Off-camera flash-bracket: assembled from 3 different pieces. The larger piece @ left attaches to the bottom of the camera; the round tube - the handle - holds the flash & slides into the piece below it; that piece, in turn, attaches to the larger piece @ left, via a quick-release. The quick release allows one to detach the handle to hand-hold the flash-unit at different angles or heights unreachable with the flash attached to the bracket. The short cable is a connector between the electronic contact on a Canon EOS camera and a mechanical cable release. Please, text only for first contact...