Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well - outdoors one has to carry a small wall with them. ;~) Seriously. However big a reflector your conditions will allow. But of course at your shooting distances - the light loss would be too much. Nice shot - though. The flash:ambient balance appears right on verge. The bird looks good. The branch begins to show the flat, on camera flash look. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:42 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > George Lottermoser wrote: > >> Bouncing off of walls as well as ceilings; >> can offer some direction as well >> (be careful if the wall has significant color). > > Very handy indoors. Hard to do with an unpredictable subject > outdoors: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/howr12.html > > BTW - this photo if enlarged much shows subject motion from ambient > light @ 1/250 sec. Flash got me the shutter speed & color > temperature but because I didn't want a black background I didn't > overpower the ambient light. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information