David Anderson
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Personally, a waistpack (my preferred name – don’t try “fanny pack” on our Aussie friends)
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Neil,
I generally use an auto setting for daylight fill with the flash set at +1/2 and the ambient set at -1/2 – 1 full stop depending on how hard the light is.
Americans are lucky that like your rugby team 😀 your direct sunlight is softer than ousr here so you might have to experiment with settings to find what works for you.
From your samples (light looks flat) I might leave the ambient exposure alone.Using exposure compensation quickly and correctly is very important in outdoor shooting IMHO and worth getting right for your camera and lens.
I also always use a diffuser like a Stofen, to take the edge off the flash and prefer to be close to the subject and shooting wide in strong light.
(most diffusers will warm up the flash a little)Here’s a worst case situation for fill – the angler is in full midday sun so we turned him where his face was in shadow shot very close to him with no diffusion on the flash to get max power.
The exposure is apr. 250 @ f9.5.The light from the flash is harsh, but better then full shadow or the other option of facing him into the light and having him squint and still have harsh shadows under the hat.
Here’s another example where the compensation on the flash had to be cranked up to (from memory) apr. +2 to compete with the sun and fill the white shirt out.
This is an example of everything working fairly well IMHO – the flash is enough to fill in the shadows and stand the angler out of the background a bit without looking overdone.
The background is run a bit dark to give rich color.
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
They’re just getting started here in Australia and some of us fishing types thought we should start our own chapter – if we got enough members maybe we could vote Peta be given the job of shooting all the feral cats, dogs, horses, pigs, camels and rabbits that are stuffing up our local wildlife.
We could also get rid of all pet cats as they’re the biggest killer of our native birds.
Then, when all that’s done, we could bother bait fisherman for drowning worms… ;D
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Any chump can take a nice photo of a static situation these days on their flash DSLR and wizz bang softwear, but motion is one of the hardest things to capture on a camera and it can take zillions of frames and experimenting to get right.
The shots above look ok to me and if included in a photo spread may well be fine.
The only negative comment I would offer is that they’re not cropped tight enough because IMHO you don’t need all that background to make the point.
The angler netting the fish is cool.
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
JMW, I can’t see the photos ?
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Great photos !
Totally stunning !
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Never heard of it.. :-[
Like the recession it might take a bit longer to get to Australia.. 😉
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Zach, thanks for that, the double haul is one that interests me.
Just one more question – how waterproof is the back ?
In the rain does your stuff get soaked ?
Thanks..
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Fishing standing in ice water from a canoe ?
Is that a good idea ??
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Off-camera flash shoe cord.
Yep, that’s mine as well – in combination with a diffuser of some sort you can do great lighting* with them.
* for an on camera flash. 😉
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
You would have to look like a big jelly doughnut to a shark in that sort of rig as well..
😕
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Ok, I actually recognized the baboons
Rub it in why don’t you.. :-[ 😀
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
That’s great, except there’s no way I’ll show it to my kids or they’ll want monkeys too.. ;D
Nice shots Mike..
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Well done Matt – hope you have fun with the camera.
I don’t know about those dogs though, some friends just got one under a year old and it’s done thousands of dollars damage to their french doors by scratching them very deep from one end to the other.
Today their getting their persian rug cleaned where it’s barfed on it..
And they already have three evil children !
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Geez bro, thet’s one hill of a snipper end the kung is just wuckid !!
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Wow, there sure seems to be a lot of new glass stuff happening – the new Hardy 5′ #2 in particular has my interest.
Thanks for the link..
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Stop it Zach…
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
That’s 104 in the old money ..
Sorry, a man my age photographing the pretty young topless things at the beach is a ticket to ride – with the police.. 😉
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
I don’t suppose you guys care that it was over 40 deg. C here the other day and our AC packed it in.. ;D
We would have gone to the beach for some relief, but the acres of topless young women sunbaking makes it too stressful for a man my age.
www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
