At 23:27 10/15/02, Tim wrote:
http://johnlind.tripod.com/oly/gallery/om157.jpg
Good exposure. Just enough detail in the highlights, and no dark shadows
on the petal. Looks like you bounced the flash off something on the right
side to 'fill' in. ( I could be wrong). From my experience such high-key
subjects are notoriously difficult to expose right without losing some
detail in the highlights, and usually takes a bit of bracketing.
-Tim
Tim,
I used two monolights for this one (and many of the others). The one on
camera left was the key light and the other was fill, about two stops down
from the key light. Both lights had 36-inch "shoot through" umbrellas on
them. Key light was positioned approximately for "Rembrandt" type
lighting. The fill was similarly positioned on the opposite side. Used an
ancient Gossen flash meter to measure incident light with the dome aimed at
the camera lens. I've found that ancient meter to be quite accurate. With
this type of lighting and Kodachrome, using an incident reading works out
well and doesn't blow out the highlights. Saw the slide you mention and
the other one with less magnification (more of plant, a peace lily) and the
contrast with the black background stood out among the rest! If it weren't
for the green in stem and tip of flower, it could almost pass as a B&W.
BTW, the only real bracketing I perform is with lens aperture, attempting
to get just barely enough depth of field, which is very hard to guage
through the viewfinder (using the preview button on the lens).
Thanks,
-- John
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