Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<<I'm going to experiment with using flash to illuminate the foreground during a long exposure in the dark. Any suggestions?>>>>>>>> Hi Charlie, Yeah, see if you can get plugged into the sun for one big mother of a flash! :) I'm just kidding Charlie. I guess it would be a rear curtain kind of thing to get the sky exposed and then pop the flash at the end of the exposure. But the guys who use flash regularly can give you much better information than I, as I rarely use flash and only if my life deends on it.:) I bet you have some great gear in the Earth Sciences Department for shooting the comet or folks there who would know exactly what and how to get the best effects. <<<It's also helpful to frame the comet with something in the foreground. >>>> You see that is just the opposite of what I thought everyone would be doing. I figured all the shooting would be with the longest possible lens anyone could lay their hands on and forget anything on mother Earth, but a few folks here have said they used shorter lenses and like you, had something in the frame besides just the comet. Damn I guess I'll just have to wait around for the next time it goes by. :) ? If I do, man am I going to be the worlds oldest photographer.:) ted Victoria, Canada http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant