Interesting. And a nice shot. On Jun 2, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> George: Thanks for posting this. Very interesting drill. I might > give it > a go with my flash. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Sinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:14 AM > Subject: GESO - Balancing flash with available light > > >> Balancing flash with available light. >> >> This is a gallery of a few shots put together for a class drill. The >> idea is to light the foreground subject with the flash and the >> background with available light. The lightness/darkness of the >> background is controlled by changing the shutter speed. The aperture >> is held constant for all photos. The P-TTL flash keeps the subject >> lit >> at the desired level. >> >> For the Pentax folks here's a little additional info. >> >> The Flash is a 540 set in the wireless mode. It's set to +1/2 stop >> flash exposure compensation. It's zoomed in as far as possible to >> narrow help keep light from spilling onto the background. There are >> only seven images in the gallery, but I did a lot of experimenting >> and >> fired the shutter just short of 100 times. The flash is very >> close to >> the subject so it probably didn't need to use much energy. Even when >> I was experimenting with very small apertures requiring noticeably >> more powerful flashes the flash recycled almost immediately. The AA >> alkaline batteries seemed to work OK for this application. >> >> The lens is the DA* 50-135mm f/2.8. The focus point is the black >> queen in the back row. >> >> The camera is the K20d, flash set to wireless control mode. Manual >> mode for this series. Though I had set the white balance to >> daylight, >> it didn't make any difference. I had custom setting at "WB auto when >> flash attached." I've since set it to "unchanged" so it will use the >> WB as set on the camera. No matter, I was shooting raw files. >> >> Here's the link >> >> <http://Georges.smugmug.com/gallery/5066768_nv8WE/1/304882093_iUGLx> >> >> Oh, the opening image documenting the setup was shot with a Canon G9. >> >> This was time well spent, if only to learn about the custom settings >> on the camera and flash that interact. I've only had the K20 and 540 >> for a short time. >> >> GS >> <http://www.georgesphotos.net> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
