Hello Fred, A shot like this - because of the lack of flash and only illuminated by the candles takes it from being a snapshot to something we can all feel and share in. I like the look in your grandson's face. You can just see he is anticipating blowing those candles out.
-- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, February 12, 2005, 6:24:50 PM, you wrote: FW> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/4696409/ FW> My grandson blowing out the candles on my wife's birthday cake. FW> I do like the ability to dial in high ISOs on the *istDS. Being FW> able to catch images like this using just candlelight is fun. FW> I took some other shots using the flash, but I do like these FW> low light ones. The lens was the 18-55mm. FW> DETAILS: FW> File date : 2005:02:12 20:57:30 FW> Camera make : PENTAX Corporation FW> Camera model : PENTAX *ist DS FW> Date/Time : 2005:02:12 19:40:04 FW> Flash used : No FW> Focal length : 31.0mm (35mm equivalent: 46mm) FW> Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40) FW> Aperture : f/4.0 FW> ISO equiv. : 3200 FW> Metering Mode: matrix FW> Exposure prog: portrait (auto) FW> Jpeg process : Baseline FW> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FW> Fred Widall, FW> Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FW> URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall FW> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
