Scheelings
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bobbyrab
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Well done Scheelings, they look very nice and very natural.
Scheelings
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Scheelings
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JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Well done! Can you tell us some details of how it went, what worked well and what didn't?
~Joe
~Joe
konicaman
konicaman
Well done - very natural and relaxed!
Scheelings
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Thanks Joe, and also to the others who commented.
Well, I struggled to find the best balance between ISO and aperture at the beginning. I set it to 640, however often this left me with an FPS of 60 which I realised afterwards was a bit low. I lost shots due to motion blur, and a few shots where the aperture was too wide leading to only one individual being in focus... What I actually should have done, is choose a higher framerate and underexpose.
The Leica files have a remarkable ability to bring back underexposed images. It's easy for forget that this is a very powerful option.
I didn't even bother taking my tripod out of the bag - Perhaps its my lack of experience, but I felt that high mobility was better than stability and i think this was the right decision.
Once inside I switched purely to 50mm@f1 and raised the ISO to 1250 (Subconsiouly I was shooting in B&W, although I was surprised that many shots were still ok in colour). This enabled me to shoot in very low light situations and whilst I lost many shots due to the difficulties of accurate focusing, I also managed to capture a few key ones which made it onto the album. The dancing shots were done in less than ideal conditions and included plenty of movement...under these conditions just keep shooting.
Having a white balance card in my pocket was very useful, particularly as I was frequently moving between locations with different lighting characteristics.
Lastly, I think as a rangefinder photographer, I cannot stress enough how important it is to be mobile, finding the right positions to be in is key to success and I think with a smaller camera it is less invasive than the big SLRs - but equally we have less flexibility without a zoom lens.