I like these. The color works well. Lots of nice moments. Paul On Jan 2, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I got a few photos at the party last night. The room was mostly lit by a few > strands of colored lights. > > I'm amused that I shoot at bars that have colored gels on the lights, and the > photos just end up looking crappy, I go to a house party, they just throw a > few strings of lights out, and they make for some cool and interesting colors > in the photos. It was tough as all get out to photograph, too dark for > autofocus, the light would change a lot depending on direction, and I > couldn't just put the camera on auto exposure or it would totally blow out > the dominant channel. These were all shot with the K-5 and FA31, usually at > f/1.8, ISO 8000-12,800 and 1/20-1/60, and manually focused as much by luck > as by skill. > Of course the photos a friend specifically requested (552 & 576) are of > dubious sharpness. > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628675276189/ > or for the exif > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628675276189/ > > I had a few people expressing surprise at my getting photos without using a > flash. It's a situation where it's really hard to beat the K-5. The only > cameras with better sensors for low light, have bigger sensors, which means > less depth of field for the angle of view (though the FA31 with a full frame > version of the K-5 would be hard to beat), and none of them have SR on > anything faster than f/2.8 (unless the 645D will outperform the K-5 at high > ISO in stupid low light and there is fast glass available for it). > > -- > 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.
