Shutter vs Flash
Sep 26, 2018 07:35:56 #
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Sep 26, 2018 07:41:59 #
joer wrote:
Taken at 1/100s. The flash stopped most of the movement.
Joe, excellent and using the flash to stop the movement is a way I learned back in the 60s.
Greg
Sep 26, 2018 08:01:11 #
back in the ancient years of silver halide film (the glory days of films like Tri-X and Kodachrome), using the flash was about the only way to do this … most shutters didn't synch faster than a 1/60th.
Sep 26, 2018 08:03:31 #
Sep 26, 2018 08:11:56 #
joer wrote:
Taken at 1/100s. The flash stopped most of the movement.
Nicely done....
???What was your flash setting??
Tom
Sep 26, 2018 08:18:42 #
joer wrote:
Taken at 1/100s. The flash stopped most of the movement.
Another of your super detailed, well focused birds. Do you recall what the ambient light settings were? It appears as though you got some ghosting of the wings from the ambient light exposure. My best "motion stopping" pictures of hummers require a significant underexposure of ambient light to avoid this.
Sep 26, 2018 08:44:05 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
Nicely done....
???What was your flash setting??
Tom
???What was your flash setting??
Tom
Thanks for asking. Manual exposure 1/4 power. Guide #197.
Sep 26, 2018 08:46:30 #
bajadreamer wrote:
Another of your super detailed, well focused birds. Do you recall what the ambient light settings were? It appears as though you got some ghosting of the wings from the ambient light exposure. My best "motion stopping" pictures of hummers require a significant underexposure of ambient light to avoid this.
ISO 200, f8.
Sep 26, 2018 09:36:50 #
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Sep 26, 2018 10:54:14 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Excellent shat---I need to purchase a flash, Joe!
There are some inexpensive third party auto flashes available for just about any camera. I recommend the highest guide number available. You will appreciate the distance, bounce capabilities and versatility.
Sep 26, 2018 12:20:36 #
joer wrote:
There are some inexpensive third party auto flashes available for just about any camera. I recommend the highest guide number available. You will appreciate the distance, bounce capabilities and versatility.
Many thanks, Joe!
Sep 26, 2018 12:48:15 #
therwol
Loc: USA
MSW wrote:
back in the ancient years of silver halide film (the glory days of films like Tri-X and Kodachrome), using the flash was about the only way to do this … most shutters didn't synch faster than a 1/60th.
Leaf shutters could typically synch to their maximum speed, typically 1/500. Even focal plane shutters with a 1/60 synch with an electronic flash could synch higher with certain flash bulbs because of their slow burn, covering the entire movement of the slit across the film. My Nikon F could synch to 1/1000 with focal plane bulbs. Do they still make them? Can you still buy them? Would you want to? I have no idea.
Having said that, it's a great picture. In fact you wouldn't want to use a higher flash synch to make it. The shadow of wing in motion plus the frozen wing together make the picture.
Sep 27, 2018 05:53:38 #
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