A couple of bucks in Le Conte Canyon

A couple of bucks in Le Conte Canyon

A couple of bucks in Le Conte Canyon
Wheatus
on Sep 9, 2012 2:43 pm
Image Type(s): Hiking
Image ID: 812639

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lcarreau

lcarreau - Sep 9, 2012 8:42 pm - Voted 10/10

Excellent lighting ..

How did you get the lighting to look like that?
Was the sun at your back ?

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Sep 10, 2012 1:17 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Excellent lighting ..

The sun clearly came from the left front, so was it fill in flash? (Would have to be pretty strong, though.)

lcarreau

lcarreau - Sep 10, 2012 7:51 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Excellent lighting ..

So, it HAD to be a DSLR camera in order to
obtain this "flash fill effect," RIGHT?

I plan to upgrade my camera, but only after the
gas prices go back down ..

Wheatus

Wheatus - Sep 10, 2012 9:49 pm - Hasn't voted

Thanks

The lighting is natural with no fill flash. The tree shadow indicates the sun location left and slightly backlit. I was in the shade and there was a clearing behind in full sun around 10:30 AM. The light was filtered through the trees some. Lucky shot I guess. I almost walked by these two guys but my son yelled for me to stop.

The Nikon D700 has very good dynamic range (auto D-lighting setting). The lens is a 28-300 Nikon zoom f3.5 to f5.6 . I use exposure compensation for every shot. Modern light meters still need a lot of help to get the right exposure. This was shot at ISO 800, 1/160, F8, -0.3 ev.

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