Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Really nice composition: 100210_171123 Saludos Lluis El 08/10/2010, a las 2:40, Mark Rabiner escribi?: > 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