Thanks for sharing that, Chuck. Really outstanding turn out, I think.
You're ready for some 4x5 Kodachrome I'd say.
Glad to be some inspiration, although I was responding to Brian's
complaint about Adobe flash in websites, so it was malaprop inspiration!
But you're welcome.
Joel W.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012, at 09:14 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Joel's comments about the 5D followed by a flash comment reminded me
> that just recently I tried some daylight fill flash photos on the 5D
> using a T32 in auto mode. Something I've been meaning to do for a long
> time and finally had the perfect opportunity to do it.
>
> My community here in Florida is a 55+ RV park with about 200 (mostly)
> couples resident. One of the spring activities is an event called "Fun
> Day". We have a parade in the morning with people dressed up in silly
> costumes driving or walking beside silly floats mostly made of golf
> carts. Later we have a cookout lunch and play some simple games that
> people have devised... a rubber chicken toss into a bucket, lawn
> bowling, golf of various forms, horse racing with carved wooden horses,
> card games, etc., etc. The activities are outdoors, people are in close
> quarters and the day is usually full sun with harsh shadows everywhere.
> Not exactly conducive to snapshot photography in my preferred method
> of fill flash using a meter.
>
> I wanted to be gentle with the flash so I decided on a simple experiment
> using the 5D at ISO 100, 1/200 second (fastest sync speed), f/11 and a
> T32 in auto mode set at ISO 100 and f/5.6... in other words, lying to
> the flash about aperture to reduce flash exposure by 2 stops. Clouds
> came and went during the day so the exposure wasn't always at f/11 but
> was for the most part. While there are a few shots with near
> backgrounds showing distinct shadows (in the shadows) I think for the
> most part the result with the flash was better than it would have been
> without. With the flash exposure 2 stops down the strength of some of
> those shadows in the shadows surprised me so I'll have to be more
> mindful of that in the future.
>
> Anyhow the following link is the result.
> <http://chucknorcutt.com/wfd-games%20%28large%29/index.htm>
>
> Dr. Otto Flash
>
>
>
> On 3/19/2012 2:37 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> >
> > The 5D is an old camera and doesn't require my rehearsing its features.
> > It keeps me thinking about my Zuikos, which is the main thing I enjoy
> > about it.
> >
> > I'm sorry the flash stuff is a pain for you, but truth be told, I do
> > like messing with it!
> >
> > Joel W.
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