Did you really intend for this to be so "moody"? If so, the style loses me.
Jack --- Axel Belinfante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just something I shot this evening when one of our young > cats was running around with something it just had caught. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/axelpics/General/photo#5151370163066185202 > > I like the moment I caught - I am not too happy with the the > lighting. > This is the first shot I took after grabbing the camera; > I shot several more but none of them match the > 'quality of the moment' of this first. > > I shot this with k10d + da* 50-135 + metz 58 AF-1 > with camera on P with slow mode sync - > trying to get some fill-in flash result under quite > low light condititions, with as result that the low light > room under the table where the cat was sitting resulted in > loooong exposure which I eventually cut short by just > switching off the camera. > Hmm... this is what I used to do when an exposure time > turned out to be longer than intended - seems this same > trick still works in the digital era, or...? > > for the other shots (that lack 'the moment') I also reduced > the exposure time so there the flash really blows the > 'natural' room lighting away, such that e.g. table legs > really stand out in the harsh flash light. > I found that I like those less than the one I show here. > I'm not really sure what would be the best way to get > a nice effect. > I'm kind of tempted to use as much as possible of available > light by shooting (almost?) fully open (f/2.8), maybe > with camera on M to pick a not too looooon exposure time. > > I'll probably have to just try (practice) more :-) > > Axel. > > -- > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- 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.
