On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Larry, > I like it.
Thank you. > Using the A200/2.8 for portraits with flash is unusual. If everybody did it, then there would be no need for me to. :-) One of the things that I've been playing with is tight cropping. It seems that if I just crop off a little bit of someone's toe or a bit of their shoulder it looks like I've made a mistake. But if I come in extremely tight so that I just have the bare minimum of what absolutely has to be there, then I also get rid of almost every distracting bit of cruft that doesn't have to be there, and the pictures turn out a lot better. Lighting the subject from the side also helps, because they're lit, and all the extraneous crap on the bar, or restaurant walls, is just lost in the dark. > It looks like you have the details mastered! Thanks, though I wouldn't go that far. I think I've got a start on some interesting concepts to play with, and hope that I have many opportunities for improvement over this. > I especially like how the guy is so sharp. It is a wonderful lens. Especially when the flash lets me stop it down a bit. Also, thanks to Christine. Larry -- 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.
