Thank you, Bob!
I really do need to get used to using the K-5. I've only put a little
over 100 shots on it since I got it. Mostly, I've been taking it to work
with me and taking candids and casual portraits when the opportunity
presents itself.
When the skies clear up and we get some decent photo-walk weather, I
should be able to give it a better workout. Also, I'm actually going to
be off work this Friday (for once!), so I may get out and try my hand at
a little night life photography around some of the local haunts.
-- Walt
On 2/13/2013 11:37 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Walt,
You've got a K-5!
You can stretch the iso to 3200 or 6400 and get good shots in the dark.
And that shutter speed with shake reduction can go to 1/20th or 1/10th.
That should get you ball and cue motion but shaarp people.
Do some testing. You CAN push the limits with the K-5!
(Nice image of a colorful character too. Love the hand holding the cue on left.)
Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Bruce.
I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely differently
-- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it.
I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That occurred
to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much lower I'd
have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion?
I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but
that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how
difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag
racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much
higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have
expected.
-- Walt
On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing.
Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make
for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a
lot.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote:
Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident
characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more
cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal
with
him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he has
phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. "Hey!
Lemme
tell ya somethin'!" "And another thing!" "You talkin' about me?" "Don't
start no shit!"
He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get
better
the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/
K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600
I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick
Tracy character to my eye.
Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited.
-- Walt
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