Ideally yes, but i;'m not sure how a lot of these horse would react to the reflector. Many have been on stall rest for injuries and it was windy, both make for skittish horses just with the fill flash. I may investigate that idea for any future jobs though.
Dave On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:51 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't looked at all of them, but I think the shadows are a bit harsh. > You really need an assistant holding a large white reflector. > > On 5/16/2010 11:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Saturday was my group photo day at the above horse farm. I took photos >> of about 21 riders and horse combo's. Heavy overcast day and windy. >> Weather network forecast sunny and warm. Now i cannot even trust my >> weather man. I'm bummed. >> >> Any way, for those that want to have a gander: >> >> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-phc1/album/index.html >> >> WARNING; There are over 600 photos, i but everything up, that was the >> deal. The D200 and SB800 for fill worked quite well in about 95% of >> the photos. I used P mode for this and that combo seems good for fill. >> Only problems were if i got to close and forgot to dial down more or >> the sun came out momentarily. Both caused slightly bright, but not >> burnt out photos that should be scaled back in LR. I shot RAW +low res >> jpegs so i could do the jalbum. >> >> No PP on these just dragged and dropped into jalbum. SB 800 had the >> supplied softbox and i had it set at 45. >> >> Dave >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
