Bring an assistant and a big folding reflector. Make sure you know how
to fold up the reflector before you have too much port.
Dr. Flash
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Was recently asked to document a "driving event" that went estate to
> estate. There were antique carriages and teams of horses all decked out
> in fine tack. Some of the antique carriages were made in Amesbury, MA
> that was a former manufacturing center for them. Others were recently
> imported form England and had fancy suspensions and hydraulic disk
> brakes.
> I was in a 4 wheel open carriage pulled by a team of Mollie (female)
> Mules. Daisy was my favorite and she appreciate the attention and
> apples.
> There are some large estates in Hamilton that are difficult to
> find---some are still in families that obtained the land from the
> original King's land grant. There were tables in front of them and they
> reviewed the various teams---and offered port and hors d'oeuvres. (I
> can always fix the horizons)
> Decided to bring a couple OM's----sunny 16 was a bit difficult and had
> to remember my Dr. Flash lessons to soften hard shadows with
> fill flash---ND filter required with the slow sync speed. We'll see, so
> far so good. Perhaps not the best choice for noon- day sun but that's
> what I enjoy. Perhaps should have sprung for an F280.
> I am not English either.
>
> Mad Dog Mike
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> Well, unless you want to talk about that old bugaboo called fill flash.
> At the 1/180 to 1/250 range available on the E-things for flash sync.
> you need to shoot at from f/10 - f/12 just to contain the ambient light
> at sunny 16. The 5D slips in there at f/11 at its 1/200 sync speed but
> fortunately can drop down to ISO 50 to open up a bit wider.
>
> Moral of the story... No matter what the camera, when it comes to
> flash, get out of the noon-day sun.
>
> Dr. Flash
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