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Re: [OM] spider and cobweb how ?

Subject: Re: [OM] spider and cobweb how ?
From: Larry <Halpert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:19:01 -0400
Change the ASA setting.

Ruediger Betzold wrote:

> After lots of lens stuff something completely different:
>
> I have a really nice cobweb just in front of my window, a spider
> is sitting in the middle of it since some days. Got the idea to take
> a picture of it at night with a flash. Thought this would be
> difficult because I wanted it to shine really bright. It seems
> to be more than that. Here is what I have done:
> Mounted the OM4t on a tripod, connected the T32 with flashcord
> and held it in my hand in front and under the web - reasons for
> this: distance with the 3.5/50 macro between 7 inches (for details) and
> 17 inches for the whole thingy. The other problem I hoped to avoid is
> that I would get to much light at the background. I'm looking out
> of the window right away in an hugh old tree ~10 feet away.
> Made a series to get hopefully some good shots.
> Aperature between 3.5 and 8, used TTL Measuring.
> I got some pictures, but not with the result I hoped for. I can
> see the background on the pictures, but the web isn't as bright
> as I wanted, it is some sort of shiny but not bright.
> Any way to fool the measuring of the 4T ? Putting one ore more
> highlight spots at really thin threads of the web are useless
> lines are to thin...
> Any solution before the web is gone ?
>
> Rudy
>
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