On Dec 19, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > That's a really sweet image of the couple. Your timing was excellent. > > I can't help thinking that it should be less exposed though. I mean, > if that scene was as dark as you and the EXIF say, then I expect it to > look dark rather than looking almost like it was taken in daylight > with a noisy P&S. What's that saying that's making the rounds lately? > "Light reveals, shadow defines." At the very least vignetting the > subject by darkening the background around them would help.
OK, I gave your suggestion a try. My goal was a photo of the couple, not so much a photo of a dark room, but here is a darker version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8289056058/in/set-72157632279369283/ > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Since we've been talking about K-5 high ISO performance: >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/8285822107 >> >> K-5, FA77 ISO 12,800 f/1.8 1/13 Sec >> >> It was at a party and concert for Ziggy's 40th birthday. I took most of the >> photos that night with the 80-200/2.8. At first, when I was going over the >> shots, I was lamenting all of the ones I lost because I blew the manual >> focusing. Then I looked at the ones I took with the FA77 of the musicians >> on stage. Almost every one of them was focused perfectly on some piece of >> clutter on the stage, rather than on the performers. While I am sure that >> the improved low light focusing of the K5-II would certainly come in handy, >> the thing that I most desperately need is more focusing points, that cover >> smaller areas. >> >> If anyone is interested in the whole set: >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157632279369283/ >> >> Most of them were shot between ISO 5,000 and 8,000. >> IMGP is the K-x LRC are the K-5. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- 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.
