That may be, but Link's reasoning, for what it's worth, is that he couldn't
control the intensity or position of the sun, while he could do that with
flash.
It did create some very dramatic photos, but there are also some weird
artifacts, like a headlight streak in the middle of the static image that
was captured when the flash array went off.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's much cheaper to just wait until morning.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/19/2014 11:18 AM, Ian Nichols wrote:
> > On 19 February 2014 15:29, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Nah, you're just not trying hard enough.
> >>
> >> O.Winston Link was a famous railroad photographer in the steam era who
> >> liked to photograph at night. He'd set up huge banks of flashbulbs
> along
> >> the tracks (with the railroad's permission) all wired together with a
> >> trigger. Got awesome night shots of huge steam locos that way.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, but he picked an easy subject - trains are essentially
> > one-dimensional so you just need a line of lights to shine on it. Things
> > get really silly if you try to use an extra dimension or 2. The cost of
> > helicopter hire alone to do the everglades properly would by
> astronomical ;)
> >
> > Ian
> >
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