On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:59 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2011-12-11 14:58 Mark Roberts wrote >> Stan Halpin wrote: >> >>> On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>>> 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 prefer the unflashed version, even with the fringing. [...] >> >> Same here. Unflashed version looks much better. > > i had the same immediate reaction > > i can see the appeal of the flash, and it would make a better shot for > identifying the bird; the lack of CA, and the good definition of the eye are > also pluses > > but the tones in the feathers, beak and branch all attract me more in the > non-flash version; it makes me wonder if there's a happy medium, perhaps with > higher ISO, smaller aperture and a tiny amount of flash fill you could keep > the naturalism of the first shot without the CA and the too-subtle eye (i say > that knowing my own camera K200d often does not have the ISO latitude to do > what i want with birds) >
Hi Steve, Thanks for looking. I do believe there's a happy medium. A smaller ap would do it or more minus compensation on the flash. But, as I noted in a previous post, part of the problem with the flash pic is that it's a bit out of focus. I hadn't looked at it at 100% until this morning. My bad for sloppy work. The ambient light pic, on the other hand is fully in focus. They were sequential shots, but I generally keep refocusing in these situations, hoping that my old eyes can produce a better result on the second frame. That's what happened here, but the flash hadn't recharged. In any case, this has been a fruitful discussion, and while I'm rather casual about my wildlife shooting, I can certainly do a better job than I did here. 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.
