Love the vivid colors in this one. gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:15 AM, <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> That is not the worst picture I've seen this week. > > > Sounds like a MARK! to me. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <l...@red4est.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: Mimosa Buzz > > >> >> On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> >>> First off, apologies for the horrible pun of a title. >>> >>> Now, onto the photo. I took it today at the mimosa tree in my front yard. >>> I did some experimenting to see what kind of setup I need. I would've liked >>> the bee to have been a bit sharper, but I though maybe the blur would lend a >>> sense of motion. Just not sure if it works. >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7412081522/ >> >> >> That is not the worst picture I've seen this week. Very nice. >>> >>> K20D, Promaster 70-300/4-5.6, ISO 400, 1/400, f/8 >>> >>> I'm guessing I'm going to have to bump up the ISO and shutter speed >>> enough to compensate for another aperture stop at f/9 to get a little more >>> DOF. >>> >>> I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions anyone has to offer. >> >> >> I don't know how much more you could push the ISO with the K20D. It's >> probably worth doing a test series with both the K20 and the K-x bracketing >> ISO, f-stop and shutter speed to see where the sweet spot is. >> >> The other option would be to try using a speedlight. You won't be able to >> get a shutterspeed faster than 1//160 on the camera, but the flash duration >> will be a lot shorter. If you were to try ISO 100, f/16 or f/22, at 1/125 >> or 1/160, then use the strobe to fill in, you should have enough light from >> the strobe at short distances to use the higher f/stop, you'll get an >> interesting mix of blur and frozen on the bee, and the background will be >> de-emphasized by being a couple stops under exposed. >> >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- Walt > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
