Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Sue "Full Frontal Flash" is a make me day phrase of the week I'll save it in my favorite phrase database what can I say I'm a list maker. Filemaker freak. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Sue Ryan <scoutfinch at chartermi.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 22:36:04 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Snow storm flash 3 from The Rabs > > Whoda thunk? > > way cool - about the first time I've seen a full frontal flash that > was interesting! > > > Sue Ryan > scoutfinch at chartermi.net > > "It is much easier for good to deal with evil than it is for good to > deal with stupidity." - unknown > > On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> Somebody once showed me their stack of 4x6 snaps of the snow storm >> we'd just >> had in Portland Oregon we'd get them once every 4 or 5 years and >> they were >> one of the many people who with their tiny cameras let the flash fire >> automatically when it feels like it which ends up being most the time. >> >> >> >> I vowed to try it some time. Though that was 5 or 10 years ago. >> I know I've popped up the flash and shot the rain once or twice. >> >> The problem with shooting weather is you don't capture the >> precipitation >> like you see it because rain and snow and ice falling from the sky >> fall a >> lot faster then you think it does and the camera is only going to >> get it at >> the highest shudder speed where you get now depth of field. I read >> that in a >> Pop Photo in the 60's. >> >> Flash photography of landscapes and cityscapes is almost in general >> laughingly non recommended. To use one in such a case is breaking a >> basic >> rule of technique and common sense and taste. >> All the more reason.... >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100210_171449.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100210_171142b.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100210_171123.jpg.html >> Or just look at the first one and hit the arrow to see the next two >> >> >> I vowed as I came to NY for the snow that next snow storm I'd be out >> with my >> camera gear including my take no prisoners Nikon Speedlight SB-800 >> which >> weighs a full pound almost. >> This made is so I could blast the heck out of trees across the street >> capturing the snow falling with an effective 20,000th of a second >> capturing >> (not shutter) speed as the shutter speed becomes in effect the flash >> duration. >> So my pix look like the big boy version of my friends snapshots in >> the 90's. >> I set the flash after a while at f5 as I was starting to overheat. >> That was >> the reason. But it got what I needed anyway. Lots of snow in the air. >> Before that I was shooting at f 8 or 11. >> >> The 24.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 Nikkor was used with a D200 body. >> ISO's were kept low at 250 or 350. >> >> Oh they were shot at dusk or night. >> >> My flash and camera were soaked and I was soaked down to my >> underwear when I >> got home I was quite a sight coming into this building. Next day we >> got more >> snow and I did it again. >> And DID NOT CATCH A COLD. >> And my gear when my camera, lens and flash dried off still worked. >> >> >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information