Andy Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > I'm off to Valencia, Spain on Monday next for two weeks. Although I'm there > to work, I will have some time off - in particular, my trip coincides (no > accident) with a big festival, the Fallas. This culminates in a night of > bonfires (Nit del Foc) where large papier mache figures are burnt in the > city squares. > > I plan to take one or both of my Pentaxes (Z1p and Mz5n) loaded with colour > slide film (probably Provia 400F) and BW neg (Delta 3200) respectively. Can > someone help with an idea of how to photograph such an event, especially how > to meter correctly? I'm expecting to get photos of the bonfires themselves, > plus those of buidling/people etc lit up by the fires. > Hi Andy, My only experience with bonfires: A campfire at night, no other light sources in the picture, way out in the country. A fairly small fire, about 4 feet high, and 3 feet wide (the actual flame). I took some shots and bracketed heavily (even though it was print film ISO 200 Kodak Royal Gold) and the meter did a fine job set on program (PZ 20, FA 28-105 lens) the first shot of each bracket set was OK... The overexposures showed details of the people, but I liked the ones where they were shown as silhouettes, and the flame had good detail. I think the hotter the fire (caused by a bigger and bigger flame) the less reliable the program setting would be. Hope this helps. Sid - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
