[Leica] will technology save you from poor planning?

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

kyle cassidy on the lug showed:
Subject: [Leica] will technology save you from poor planning?


> So last week I got a call from a promoter asking if I could race down town 
> & do a promo shot for two bands who were crossing paths and have a 
> collaborative EP coming out, they had a five minute slot at 7 pm. I packed 
> my gear ran down to the venue, scoped out a location in a field nearby set 
> up my lights and discovered that I'd forgotten the cable that connects the 
> flash to the pocket wizard (loaned to a wedding photographer two weeks ago 
> & foolishly not put back in the bag). With five minutes before the band 
> was to arrive I had to put my faith in technology and shoot by moonlight 
> as well as convince everybody that had been my plan the whole time.
>
> I cranked the asa to 128,000 and by putting the camera on a light stand 
> was able to hold it steady enough to get a shot at 1/20th sec at f 5.6.
>
> Back in the bat cave I made two layers and ran severe noise reduction on 
> one and merged the two until I found a happy medium between grain and 
> detail. Desaturated because of an overly blue sky and garishly green 
> grass. After my minor heart attack, everyone walked away happy.
> >   http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/moonlight.jpg

Hi Kyle,
Well done under the circumstances. Actualy due to the accident of no cable 
you may have created a more successful and imaginative photo. Sometimes 
adversity is the Mother of creativity when a problem arises. :-)

Well done mon ami.
cheers,
ted