Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant schrieb: > > > And I saw someone suggested " flash fill!" Oh my gosh the worst thing > one can do simply because once you understand how light works for you > in a store situation like this, using flash is tantamount to treason > when it comes to working by the light available to work with. > > > > ted Ted, Definitely not in a store, but I couldn't get around a "smidgin" of fill-in flash to get at least a touch of anything other than dullness into Posy's fur. Overcast weather, very diffuse dim light, no shadows and on top of that contre-jour - and you can't pose cats that know you, they're much too inquisitive. http://gallery.leica-users.org/Cats/Posy00118_RT8 I agree wholeheartedly with your damnation of flash if the shot was a "momentaufnahme", in fact I don't like to use flash at all unless I consider it to be absolutely necessary. However, if the shot was posed, or could have been shot again with prior planning I suggest that this may be another matter, and that the use of flash or, even better, reflectors could be valid. I assume from having read the earlier mails that the store picture was shot on the spur of the moment, so how do you get someone to pose, turn or get into the light ? Or do you pass on this shot and wait for someone to come in from the right direction? or in the case of Ken's shot wait until the subject is leaving the shop - all of which goes, IMHO, against the spontaneity of catching the moment. regards Douglas BTW thanks again for the tip about photographing flowers.