--- Govardhanen Gopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Y'all,
>
> I am experimenting with my new 550Ex with my rebel
> 2000 and I
> got my first few rolls developed. Alas I just
> realised that
> some of the pictures are really great, but in some
> of them the
> flash intensity is a bit more(it isn't washed out,
> but the
> people in the pics look pale, when I do know they
> aren't pale
> ;-). Some of the pictures have come out great.
> Honestly I am
> really not sure as to what I did do or did not do to
> get good or
> lousy pictures.
Let me guess, you were shooting color negative film,
and looking at the prints, right? And is the
background substantially darker than the people in the
photo?
If those things are true, I'd bet on printing
problems, not camera or flash problems. When the
print machine analyzes the negative, it does it's
best to calculate an *average* exposure for the entire
print. With a large, dark background, faces are going
end up too light in the print.
A *good* printer will monitor the images as the film
goes through the machine and make adjustments. Most
operators don't know enough, or don't have enough
time, to do so.
=====
Bob Meyer
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
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