Well done. The flash pic worked out quite nicely, IMO. Perfectly even lighting isn't necessarily desirable. If you want to even it out a bit more, just do a bit of dodging with a really large, really soft brush. Paul On Dec 24, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> > On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:02 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Larry Colen >> >>> Igor was asking about why I'd use the BFF (Really Big Flash) setup, >>> rather than simply the AF540. >>> >>> Here is a photo of my flash setup for the group performance: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5262376648/in/set-72157625475180697/ >>> >>> The near flash is in the middle of the back wall. I'm not sure of >>> the exact dimensions of the dance floor, but it's likely about 40x80 >>> feet. >>> >>> In the corner of the room, you can see the spot that they used (with >>> a pink gel) to highlight some of the dancers. >>> >>> I had both cameras with me during the performance, and I'd shift >>> between the K-x with the 16-50 ISO 6400 wide open and the K20 with my >>> 18-250 at (in this case f/9) at ISO 100. >>> >>> K-x (cropped at 29 mm) >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5261765035/in/set-72157625475180697/ >>> >>> K20 (also at 29mm) >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5262373116/in/set-72157625475180697/ >>> >>> You can see, how even on the back half of the floor, inverse square >>> is really biting me with the dancers closer to the light close to >>> overexposed, while the ones in the back of the room are just about >>> right. In this case, I'm guessing that the nearest dancers are >>> probably 20' from the closest light, and 50' from the furthest. >>> >> >> You could probably get better balance between near and far if you find a way >> to move the stands out from the wall & bounce the flash off the ceiling. >> You'd give up a bit of power, but likely balance it a little better so that >> the nearer dancers are not so overexposed. > > Actually, that would probably make it worse, as the nearer dancers would be > that much closer, so the ratio between near and far would be even higher. > Also, in that room, any closer and the stands would have been on the dance > floor. > >> >> You'd need to heavily sand-bag the stands to make them less likely to get >> knocked over. Might even be worth getting some heavier stands. Rent them if >> you can't afford to buy them. >> >> How are you triggering the strobes? I don't see evidence of sync cables, nor >> do I see any obvious radio slaves. Seems like using the built in optical >> slaves would be vulnerable to anyone's flash setting them off. > > I had one on radio trigger and the others on optical. And yes, I did have > problems with them being set off by other people's flashes. That wasn't a > problem last year when they were much higher above the dance floor. > > >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
