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<blockquote data-quote="Kodiak" data-source="post: 170689" data-attributes="member: 15426"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I remember someone explaining the right thing in such a wrong way that no</p><p>body understood… I'll do my best not to loose you!</p><p></p><p>Sunset photography is like playing two ballgames at the same time! </p><p>No, not yet! Stay with me a little longer, …please? Thank you! </p><p></p><p>Oh yes, the two ballgames… How can anyone play two ballgames at the same </p><p>time and come out a winner? Dead right! Cheating… And the secret cheat in </p><p>this is that your gonna play the two games simultaneously but with only one </p><p>ball! Cool cheat! …isn't it? </p><p></p><p>Here is the strategy:</p><p></p><p>The simple part is is the first game: without flash. So simple that I'm finished</p><p>with it already. </p><p></p><p>The second game is played with the flash: flash on TTL, camera on mode S and </p><p>set at say 1/250s. If you see a dark band on your frame, just slow down the </p><p>speed, say 1/125s. So far, so good.</p><p></p><p>Now the cheat: the ball is, in fact, the lens aperture! Say that with any given</p><p>flash, the correct distance to the subject is 4 to 15 feet with that given TTL gun</p><p>set at a given fixed shutter speed. The only remaining ways you have to adjust</p><p>the incoming light are the ISO and the aperture. <strong>If</strong> the flash is not strong enough</p><p>crank up the ISO to 400 or 800. Now the last ace, the aperture:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #b22222">Close down the lens, the sunset will be darker and the flash will have to work harder</span></p><p><span style="color: #b22222"></span>to achieve a proper exposure.<span style="color: #b22222"></span></p><p><span style="color: #b22222">Open up the lens, the sunset will be lighter and the flash will have to work far less</span></p><p>to achieve a proper exposure.</p><p></p><p>These two lines are the ball, the cheat, the ace up your sleeve! Read them again</p><p>until they do not sound strange anymore. Simply put, it is with the aperture that you</p><p>will balance the two light sources. In any case, the flash should always give you a</p><p>decent exposure, you decide how much sunset light will come in and play in the game!</p><p>For that purpose you have a great tool: The view screen behind your camera! You </p><p>should be able to evaluate how much is good or too much or too less.</p><p></p><p>Like always, do some fun tests before the event: you don't want to look too clumsy</p><p>with a Nikon in you hands!</p><p></p><p>Have a good time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kodiak, post: 170689, member: 15426"] Hello, I remember someone explaining the right thing in such a wrong way that no body understood… I'll do my best not to loose you! Sunset photography is like playing two ballgames at the same time! No, not yet! Stay with me a little longer, …please? Thank you! Oh yes, the two ballgames… How can anyone play two ballgames at the same time and come out a winner? Dead right! Cheating… And the secret cheat in this is that your gonna play the two games simultaneously but with only one ball! Cool cheat! …isn't it? Here is the strategy: The simple part is is the first game: without flash. So simple that I'm finished with it already. The second game is played with the flash: flash on TTL, camera on mode S and set at say 1/250s. If you see a dark band on your frame, just slow down the speed, say 1/125s. So far, so good. Now the cheat: the ball is, in fact, the lens aperture! Say that with any given flash, the correct distance to the subject is 4 to 15 feet with that given TTL gun set at a given fixed shutter speed. The only remaining ways you have to adjust the incoming light are the ISO and the aperture. [B]If[/B] the flash is not strong enough crank up the ISO to 400 or 800. Now the last ace, the aperture: [COLOR=#b22222]Close down the lens, the sunset will be darker and the flash will have to work harder [/COLOR]to achieve a proper exposure.[COLOR=#b22222] Open up the lens, the sunset will be lighter and the flash will have to work far less[/COLOR] to achieve a proper exposure. These two lines are the ball, the cheat, the ace up your sleeve! Read them again until they do not sound strange anymore. Simply put, it is with the aperture that you will balance the two light sources. In any case, the flash should always give you a decent exposure, you decide how much sunset light will come in and play in the game! For that purpose you have a great tool: The view screen behind your camera! You should be able to evaluate how much is good or too much or too less. Like always, do some fun tests before the event: you don't want to look too clumsy with a Nikon in you hands! Have a good time! [/QUOTE]
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