photosfromtexas wrote:
Shorty answer: mechanical shutter malfunction? Long answer: I had an issue like this on my Nikon D750 about 8 years ago. It occurred in one of about 400 photos. I shot manual with mechanical shutter. That model had issues with the mechanical shutter and many were recalled. Nikon said my serial number was not affected and would not take it back . Finally about 4 years later I got an email that my serial number was recalled. By then it had 99,000 exposures. They took it back, replaced the shutter, cleaned it up so it looked new. It never had the problem again. I gave it away to my daughter at 160,000 exposures and she has not reported it as a problem since she got it.
Shorty answer: mechanical shutter malfunction? Lon... (
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Good that you got it taken care of.
Not this issue.
Wouldn't explain the shadows and color temp. change.
Just a few observations from an old guy---
The two pics have different light sources. First image is overall lighting from above and obviously multiple-sourced, general, leading to soft shadow in the arena. There is a general, diffuse shadow under the horse. Also observe the light source on the spectators in the background, coming from above. Looking through the gate, the cowboy in the white hat shows camera motion and has a diffuse shadow under his hat and no shadow from the gate.
In the second shot, the light is mixed-sourced, the majority of the (over)exposure was from a flash (or maybe more than one). The obvious shadows that are the telltale are: 1. the shadow of the girth strap on the side of the horse, indicating a light from above and to the left of the photographer. 2. the light direction on the people in the background is also coming from the left of camera. 3. the cowboy behind the gate has a sharp shadow line below his hat and shadows from the gate on his shirt. 4. there are two horse shadows; under and to the camera side of the horse.
The grate and bunting on the wall show camera motion in the first, as do the spectators.
In the second, all is sharp because the flash(s) has overpowered the ambient light, and has so much shorter duration it has eliminated the effects of camera and subject motion.
The person firing the flash must have some powerful heads to fill the arena like that.
Pretty obvious that the ambient light source and the flash were two different color balances.
I have experienced this unfortunate bit of timing myself at events such as weddings, car races, concerts, fashion runways, and ball games.
Bad luck in this instance, but the photographer can console himself with the knowledge that he did nothing wrong, and neither did his camera.
Might want to use a faster shutter speed in the future, though.
Also, obviously, if he would shoot in RAW, he could fix the color and exposure in pp.
bodiebill wrote:
???? Packard
pls don't make us guess
you get a twofer.
35 Cheby
not the orig color. don't know what it was originally.
neighbor wanted some pics to show prospects.
here's one before-and-after
Thanks, y'all.
Haven't been around much lately.
Good to hear from you again.
mrbill
thnks again to all of yu.
nice to hear from some of you again after a goodly while.
jerryc41 wrote:
KEH sent me a 5% off coupon. Will I be able to resist saving 5%? The more I spend, the more I save - but the more I spend. What a conundrum!
just pick out the most expensive item you can find, then take the 5% in cash.
now you can afford to buy something you really want.