Hi Mike,
Quite a challenging task for a wanderer, isn't it?
Getting myself sedentary lately, I turned towards more elderly
occupations like going to the botanic garden to photograph roses and
cactuses... ;o)
Well, cactuses were in dim light inside the green house, so a film
with good saturation like Agfa HDC and a tripod proved adequate for
the job. However, when I got out to the roses, the direct sunlight
was so harsh that I figured none of the films I had in the bag will
handle it. So I switched to black and white and put a red filter 4x
on the lens. Still waiting for the results...
BTW, I wouldn't bother carrying any flash. Direct flash light is
hardly predictable and is likely to throw deep, blocked shadows. You
may want to try however to discharge the flash against a matte
reflector (any white paper will do) to emulate natural lighting from
a window. Good luck!
Servus, Alin
mike wrote:
mw> I've been given (told I'm going to do!) an assignement.
mw> The local Red Cross is running a large flower display this
mw> weekend and they've asked yours truly to "do some photos" at the
mw> preview on Thursday evening.
mw> I know they would probably be happy with a blind person running
mw> around snapping randomly with a digital P&S, but I would like to
mw> do a little better than that.
mw> Details: Indoors, unknown lighting, but in one of our many
mw> castles so likely to be gloomy unless specially lit. Unknown
mw> size/colour of displays. Have available Zoom 90 WR (got your
mw> maunal yet, Bill?), Z1-p, AF280T & 200T with hot shoe grips and
mw> connectors, lenses from 16mm to 500mm & AF1.7x, including
mw> 24-35mm and 90mm Macro. Tripod, monopod. Assistant.
mw> Any ideas on film? I plan on using print film for the exposure
mw> latitude, which I will scan to CD eventually. Being a perverse
mw> sod, I keep getting thoughts of doing it in B&W......
mw> I use the no-mail option, so could you please reply with a cc to
mw> my address, as anything you post will not show up on the
mw> archives until Thursday.
mw> Many thanks in anticipation,
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