Hi Dave,
I agree in regard to the spotlight effect. I'd lose it. Then I'd boost
the saturation quite a bit and increase contrast. I'd also provide
larger images on this page if you want the participants to be motivated
to buy.
Paul
On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Mar 5, 2006, at 8:20, Dave Brooks wrote:
Hi Troops
I recently completed my radio station picture adjustments. About 225
or so.
Its the first time doing all Raw and converting. I used PSEL and its
ACR for the conversions,then fine tuned the jpegs by adding lighting
effects from the filter modes and some cropping.
The flash made everything the same. Fully lit stage.Kinda boring. I
would have liked to shoot natural, but at 15th shutter f 2.8 i felt i
would not get anything worthy.
Actually, with some patience, a monopod, and a steady hand you can get
usable shots at that speed. Some will be trashed because you moved,
others will be junk because the *subject* has the audacity to not hold
still for the camera. But it can be done!
I'm asking for comments, as this may lead to more work, and i want to
see what the collective has to say.
Looking for positive and negative should they deserve either.
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/
Scroll down about 1/2 way to the Whistle Radio link.
I was completely puzzled by the spotlight effect. I thought: "If
they're under the spotlight, then why was flash necessary?". After a
while it occurred to me that the spot effect is something that was
probably added after the fact. I find it completely distracting. I
realize it was probably done to make the pictures less flat (that
pesky flash "sameness"), but personally I don't care for the effect.
Other than that, the only quibble is the extreme compression used on
the photos. Hard to see any details there.
I'd work on goosing the ISO up to 800/1600, steadying the camera with
something like a monopod, and using existing light. But that's just
me. I intensely dislike flash for performance photography.
-Charles
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Charles Robinson
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Minneapolis, MN
http://charles.robinsontwins.org
