The images look strange to me. It seems if they are really over sharpened or something like that. I can't seem to put my finger on it. What camera body and lens combo did you use?
Both of those shots were taken on a D300 @ 1600 ISO on a 70-200 @ 2.8 (right around 1/100th). The lighting was, well, horrible and there was a light underneath the podium throwing incandescent light onto her neck.
You know, I can only imagine how hard it really must be to take pictures where things are happening in real time and where one does not have any control on the lighting or other conditions.
richiebaz wrote:
You know, I can only imagine how hard it really must be to take pictures where things are happening in real time and where one does not have any control on the lighting or other conditions.
Great pics!
Its not hard (unless you're being sarcastic, if that's the case, then well played sir. ). Just a different set of rules like everything else in photography. The biggest thing is watching your ambient and backgrounds. The question always seems to be, how MUCH ambient do you want. Of course, that opens up to balancing your flash with the ambient and watching color shifts (white face, yellow ears).
I would NOT have wanted to try and shoot this without a flash. The shadows werent bad but the gels on the cans were not matching the ambient so the blue backround was getting a bit green when trying to WB the skin.
I think you did great.The techs are great for the conditions and the compositions are also pleasing. Don't like the subject matter, but that is personal She does look like a chipmunk
Brian Mullins wrote:
Its not hard (unless you're being sarcastic, if that's the case, then well played sir. ). Just a different set of rules like everything else in photography. The biggest thing is watching your ambient and backgrounds. The question always seems to be, how MUCH ambient do you want. Of course, that opens up to balancing your flash with the ambient and watching color shifts (white face, yellow ears).
I would NOT have wanted to try and shoot this without a flash. The shadows werent bad but the gels on the cans were not matching the ambient so the blue backround was getting a bit green when trying to WB the skin....Show more →
No no... I was not being sarcastic. I just figured that the same issues that you have mentioned make it much more difficult to get good pictures at a live event as opposed to say other more peaceful settings where you have a better chance of controlling what happens. Obviously technique and knowledge of "what to do if..." play a huge role in capturing what you want. I'm just sayin' that I don't have either the former or the latter, for this case! Again, great job!
). Just a different set of rules like everything else in photography. The biggest thing is watching your ambient and backgrounds. The question always seems to be, how MUCH ambient do you want. Of course, that opens up to balancing your flash with the ambient and watching color shifts (white face, yellow ears).
She does look like a chipmunk 
Again, great job!