If I am not mistaken, he's talking about photos taken with a really slow
flash sync, like 1/30 or 1/15. You get something that's a little sharp and
the rest is just a whole lot of motion blur. I think it's supposed to be
artsy, but it gets old real fast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Fill flash
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Francis Tang"
> Subject: Fill flash
>
> > On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 10:25:01PM +0200, Carlos Royo wrote:
> >
> > > By the way, I have observed lately that the use of fill
> > > in flash, combined with a slow shutter speed, seems to have
> become
> > > "fashionable" among a number of photographers, including
> most of the
> > > ones who work for the National Geographic magazine. And I
> can't help
> > > feeling that most of the time what they get are boring and
> > > repetitive-looking photos.
> >
> > I've noticed this too, especially in the National Geographic.
> It feels like all the newspapers are using it too, at least in
> the UK. Personally I don't like this "artificial" look either
> (I think your description is bang-on.) Most non-photographic
> people don't notice it though: they just think I'm crazy
> complaining about newspaper photographs.
>
> Would this be the downside of high speed sync?
>
> William Robb
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