February Photography Thread
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quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
northeastoipunk
bash the rich
taken in garden today , i couldnt resist adding the face cos it looked like casper
northeastoipunk
bash the rich
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Lisle Street, London
Ellie Plays The Stroh.
Herbsman
What do you mean about the ambient reading being f2.8 at 1/15th of a second?
According to the exif data for those images, the top one was 1/60 @ f/4, the middle one was 1/125 at f/3.5 and the bottom one was 1/60 @ f/4. They were all taken in ambient light ('flash did not fire') and all at 1600 1SO as you said, and all taken on Manual setting on your Canon EOS 1000D.
Did you do separate reading of the darker background or something? I am confused.
Or am I right in guessing that your remotely fired flash doesn't register in the exif data because using a sync lead bypasses it?
What do you mean about the ambient reading being f2.8 at 1/15th of a second?
According to the exif data for those images, the top one was 1/60 @ f/4, the middle one was 1/125 at f/3.5 and the bottom one was 1/60 @ f/4. They were all taken in ambient light ('flash did not fire') and all at 1600 1SO as you said, and all taken on Manual setting on your Canon EOS 1000D.
Did you do separate reading of the darker background or something? I am confused.
Or am I right in guessing that your remotely fired flash doesn't register in the exif data because using a sync lead bypasses it?
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
1. The exif 'flash did not fire' is bullshit - it doesn't record flash firing unless you use a dedicated canon flash (which includes the built-in one of course)
2. The 'correct' meter reading (partial metering off a light grey t-shirt plus about 2/3 of a stop) was 1/15, 2.8 - varying by +/- about a stop, depending on the light changing stage lights - so there's no way that the middle one could have been shot at 1/125 @ 3.5. Teh exif for that one actually says "0.04" under the shutter time. 1/125 is 0.008 of a second. 0.04 is 1/25 of a second, not 1/125.
I don't always shoot at the 'correct' exposure, I must have been zoomed in a bit which would have ensmallened my maximum aperture to /3.5, and I probably chose 1/25 because I was bracketing, or because I was drunk.
Cheers Herbsman
I like the made-up word "ensmallened" that is a good one. As for the 1/25 time of the middle picture - yes that is what I have got written on my scrap of paper from copying it off the screen. The 125 was a typo.
Anyway thanks for the extra information. I like to find out about other people's working methods.
When I do music gigs I use my standard (50mm equivalent) lens with available light only and have moved from using Manual exposure to Program, because I can work more quickly and do multiple exposures. I often get in close when I can, take a few pictures and then move out of the way of the band and audience for a while, returning later to take more from a different point.
Thanks again for the reply.
I like the made-up word "ensmallened" that is a good one. As for the 1/25 time of the middle picture - yes that is what I have got written on my scrap of paper from copying it off the screen. The 125 was a typo.
Anyway thanks for the extra information. I like to find out about other people's working methods.
When I do music gigs I use my standard (50mm equivalent) lens with available light only and have moved from using Manual exposure to Program, because I can work more quickly and do multiple exposures. I often get in close when I can, take a few pictures and then move out of the way of the band and audience for a while, returning later to take more from a different point.
Thanks again for the reply.
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
I had a feeling it might have been a typo... 125... 1/25... yeh. But just in case. Does it actually come up as 1/25 for you then? For some reason it always comes up as a decimal of a second, which I have to convert into a fraction. Maybe it's Opera browser that causes it.
I only use manual when I'm using flash(es) or when the ambient light is constant. If I it's continually changing I use aperture priority so I can stay at /2.8 (on a /1.8 lens) or /4 (on the /2.8 lens - its a bit soft at 2.8) and have the shutter automatically change when the light changes. P mode is pretty much the same as aperture priority and shutter priority anyway, 'cause you can just use program shift to change the aperture & shutter speed combo to one that suits you.
Hopefully their next gig will be somewhere a bit brighter, or someone will loan me a 5d so I can go ISO 6400 and shoot 1/60 at 2.8...
Problem with using manual flashes is that once you've set them up, you can't run on stage and move them or adjust their power or switch one or two of them off, so you're a bit stuck.
I only use manual when I'm using flash(es) or when the ambient light is constant. If I it's continually changing I use aperture priority so I can stay at /2.8 (on a /1.8 lens) or /4 (on the /2.8 lens - its a bit soft at 2.8) and have the shutter automatically change when the light changes. P mode is pretty much the same as aperture priority and shutter priority anyway, 'cause you can just use program shift to change the aperture & shutter speed combo to one that suits you.
Hopefully their next gig will be somewhere a bit brighter, or someone will loan me a 5d so I can go ISO 6400 and shoot 1/60 at 2.8...
Problem with using manual flashes is that once you've set them up, you can't run on stage and move them or adjust their power or switch one or two of them off, so you're a bit stuck.
Hi Herbsman - what follows is a cut and paste from my Firefox Exif Viewer add on. It is only a small part but is the relevant bit for your middle image.
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
Oh right - so it gives you a fraction AND a decimal. Rass! Opera only gives you the decimal.
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^ effing backlight failed to fire in those two shots ffs!
woulda made a huge difference. f*cking cheap Povertywizard triggers man!!!
God this 'on stage' shit is so fucking boring.
there'z more:
^ effing backlight failed to fire in those two shots ffs!
woulda made a huge difference. f*cking cheap Povertywizard triggers man!!!
God this 'on stage' shit is so fucking boring.
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Loving that shit at the moment. Working on a project in the style of new topographies and thats the shit.
Nice one, and he has all four feet off the ground. I like the jaunty angle at which it is photographed too.
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Slightly out of focus!
Aww thats brilliant.
We used to have border terriers. They died, I have a sob story.
Great dugs.
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