[Ansteorra] flash photography at events

Sluggy! sluggy9912 at swbell.net
Wed Sep 12 08:14:00 PDT 2007


On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 09:57 -0500, Richard Threlkeld wrote:

> I have used a very high ISO and VR (vibration reduction) lenses and they 
> get a good exposure in low light. However, they are using slow speeds. 
> A tripod will help with the ambient light, but if someone moves, you 
> still get motion blur. I did this for a whole evening court and the major 
> players in each picture moved enough to ruin the picture. I would say 
> it is next to impossible to get candid (not posed) shots in very low light.

This is wandering off topic, but one of the coolest experiences I've had
with my old Minolta (when it was new) was a tripod picture taken with
ISO 100 film of a scene outside when it was way too dark for mere humans
to see anything. The exposure was about 10 seconds, but when the film
came back, it looked like a daylight shot. The tips of tree limbs were
in motion during the exposure and it looked like a daylight shot of
trees in a storm.

Sluggy!




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