I had a similar experience at a high school football game. My camera had a
weak flash, but someone else's slave flash provided just the right amount
and direction of light on the players to make a good photo!
tOM
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 15:50, dreammoose
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Re: flash in stadiums [was" saying:
> One of the nicest shots I ever took was a result of that. While shooting
> a wedding in a dark old wood hall, I tried taking an existing light
> picture of the ceremony by candlelight. Just a wild shot in the dark
> ;-) . To my surprise, someone fired a P&S with flash while my shutter
> was open, throwing just the right small amount of extra, whiter light on
> the figures in the center, while leaving the dreamy quality of the
> candlelight overall.
>
> Moose
>
> Mickey Trageser wrote:
>
> >Have you ever had occasion to take a shot precisely when another camera's
> >flash is firing? If eveyone in the stadium fired their cameras together,
> >imagine how well the field would be illuminated?
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