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cdifoto
10-09-2005, 10:05 AM
Experimenting/learning high speed synch for fill-in flash outdoors. My mom was burning some old wood & trash outside so I took the camera & sigma flash out and she cooperated. We were in a shade of trees, with the background being an open area with plenty of light. These are straight from the camera as JPEG with only a little USM added. No touch-ups, no color correction, no levels adjustments - USM only. What do you think? (Trust me - if they were real portraits I would touch-up where necessary, clone out, etc etc etc)

I just wanna know how I did with the fill flash. I do notice some harshness coming off the cheeks, but I didn't have the Lightsphere attached so I take blame for and already know about that error.

Basic EXIF: Manual mode, 1/500th, f/6.3, 137mm, ISO200 for both.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/20051009-011.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/20051009-005.jpg
Medic1210
10-12-2005, 07:49 PM
Is she holding a dog? If so, why would you use a horizontal orientation that showed only the dog's ears instead of a vertical portrait orientation that would show the dog's face?

Mike
cdifoto
10-12-2005, 08:11 PM
Yes she's holding a dog. And because I don't have a flash bracket and was too lazy to crop when I posted the image(s). I cropped and cloned out the dog ears for an 8x10.


Is she holding a dog? If so, why would you use a horizontal orientation that showed only the dog's ears instead of a vertical portrait orientation that would show the dog's face?

Mike
24Peter
10-12-2005, 10:43 PM
I thought it was either a dog - or a funky bow tie :eek:
(Sorry CDI - couldn't resist ;) You da man!)
cdifoto
10-12-2005, 11:07 PM
lol. He's more her dog than mine...I don't really like the little bahsturd. :eek:


I thought it was either a dog - or a funky bow tie :eek:
(Sorry CDI - couldn't resist ;) You da man!)
cdifoto
10-12-2005, 11:23 PM
I cloned out the dog (I'm not very good at it though) then adjusted the levels.
Medic1210
10-13-2005, 11:04 AM
Sure, you can see some of the cloning trails, but had you not mentioned it, or had I not known about the dog's ears, I would have had no reason to even try to find them. They don't jump out at you, but they aren't hard to see if looked for either. I don't think anybody will notice it unless you tell them what you did. Nice job.

Mike
cdifoto
10-13-2005, 12:14 PM
Thanks...I'm no photoshop magician like some folks on here and other forums...but I could MAYBE do a better job if I spent a little more time on it. If it was an important photo that dog woulda never been there in the first place though! lol :eek:


Sure, you can see some of the cloning trails, but had you not mentioned it, or had I not known about the dog's ears, I would have had no reason to even try to find them. They don't jump out at you, but they aren't hard to see if looked for either. I don't think anybody will notice it unless you tell them what you did. Nice job.

Mike