On Dec 11, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Mark C wrote: > HI Paul - My 2 cents: the birds needed some fill flash but not as much as > they got. My guess is that -2 EV of flash comp, from what you shot, would > have gotten you most of the benefits of the FF without creating the flashed > look. I don't know if that would help with the fringing or not. I think of > fill flash in an image like spice in a recipe - when it's used right, you > don't notice it. > > Sounds like you had a fun outing! > > Mark C. > Thanks Mark. I agree. I could probably have tamed it more in rendering as well. But I'm going to dial it back more next time. With previous camera I had to shoot at ISO 400 or thereabouts, so the flash contribution was minimized. At ISO 1000 with the K5, it becomes too prominent.
Paul > On 12/11/2011 11:39 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> While I agree with Bob that natural light is almost always better than >> flash, it isn't always practical. Here's a comparison of the same bird shot >> with and without flash. Now, if I had better long glass, I might be able to >> pull off more available light wildlife shots, but the A400 is extremely >> prone to color fringing when backlit even by a bright, indirect sky. Here's >> the no-flash shot. Color is nothing special, there is more modeling of the >> shape, but there's also an abundance of fringing. I could PhotoShop the >> fringing out of there but given the overall dullness of the shot, it >> wouldn't be worth the trouble, IMO. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14783692&size=lg >> >> Here's the same bird shot with flash fill. It's not full power. The flash >> comp was set at -1 stop. But -1.5 would have been better. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14780352&size=lg >> >> I'm hoping that Pentax shows up with a DA* 400/4 some time soon. And it's >> less than $1500. >> >> Paul >> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
