Hi All,
During the weekend of July 4th, I was at a big annual dance event: Austin Blues Party. While shooting dancers, I played with an interesting effect of combining the ambient light with the flash. I found that with the K7, the optimum way to do that was to set the exposure at ~ -1 - -1.8 step in "M" mode - per the built in exponometer, set in the center-weighted mode. (about 0.3 - 0.4 sec, f/4.0 - 5.0, ISO 400-800.) The flash (Metz 58) was set to "A" setting. I discussed some earlier attempts: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2011-June/007437.html but this time I had a chance to play more. Plus the lights around were more interesting (variety of lights), but more challenging (a lot of background lights - that sometimes would show "through" the moving person: http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31411.html ). Basically, I was trying to achieve two goals: 1. Combine a nice clear photo of the dancers (Without High-ISO-related artifacts) with the nice "moody" ambience. (We've been discussing this with Larry a few times.) Larry, you may want to try this, if you like it. 2. In some cases catch the added motion blur (as a shadow-tail) The trailing curtain sync was working slightly better for this (and probably even for the first) purpose. Here are some interesting results: http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31107.html http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31096.html http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31133.html http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31408.html For comparison: This shot was taken with the exposure settings just about 0.5 step under, hence a more pronounced blur and the red cast that I slightly shifted toward orange, to have more natural skin color. (Larry, - this is done with the HSL slider in LR) And one of the most interesting shots (although the blur effect discussed above shows only in the background): http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2011/selected/_IR31169.html Let me know what you think (and don't hesitate to provide constructive criticism): what works and what doesn't quite work for you. I am still "on the fence" with some of the shots myself. Igor -- 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.
