Comments on: The Great Outdoors … http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/ various writings on photography, whether techniques, ideas, equipment info, or just rants. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: planet neil - tangents » getting there from here http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-766 planet neil - tangents » getting there from here Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:04:26 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-766 [...] I use flash to sweeten a scene. The thought process of how I got to this result, was explained on a previous blog posting - how I got from here [...] [...] I use flash to sweeten a scene. The thought process of how I got to this result, was explained on a previous blog posting - how I got from here [...]

]]> By: Rob Oresteen http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-697 Rob Oresteen Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:09:49 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-697 Neil - what a great resource your site is. I will give you a permanent link how ever you want it from my soon to be photography site. Thanks, Rob PS - yes I did the small PP donation - have coffees on me. Neil - what a great resource your site is. I will give you a permanent link how ever you want it from my soon to be photography site.

Thanks, Rob

PS - yes I did the small PP donation - have coffees on me.

]]> By: Neil http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-707 Neil Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:28:59 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-707 <blockquote>Hi there Johan .. <a href="http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/11/09/how-i-deal-with-high-iso-noise/" rel="nofollow">Here is how I deal with high iso noise.</a></blockquote>

Hi there Johan ..

Here is how I deal with high iso noise.

]]> By: Johan http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-594 Johan Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:16:56 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-594 Hi I love your pictures, and your tutorials are really great and inspiraring. I recently bought a Canon Speedlite EX 580II. Luckely my girlfriend like taking photos too, so se was easy to convince :) Also we have a Canon EOS 30d camera with a Tamron 17-55 mm 2.8. We are very happy with our equipment. Your great advice made me want that Speedlite... How do you keep ISO noise away, when you shoot with high ISO such as 1000 or above? Hi
I love your pictures, and your tutorials are really great and inspiraring. I recently bought a Canon Speedlite EX 580II. Luckely my girlfriend like taking photos too, so se was easy to convince :)
Also we have a Canon EOS 30d camera with a Tamron 17-55 mm 2.8. We are very happy with our equipment.

Your great advice made me want that Speedlite…

How do you keep ISO noise away, when you shoot with high ISO such as 1000 or above?

]]> By: Dan http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-580 Dan Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:24:19 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-580 Don't forget Mac, the most reflective thing on that wall was the glass, which will give an almost mirror copy of the flash copy. Looks like there's enough there that only the glass would have been hit. A glancing angle does a great job of softening the effect too. I know the truth of this thanks to a recent discovery of how useful glass is when documenting some details in car interiors. The whole interior looked as bright as day thanks to the flash, even though it was 11 at night. Neil, what can we do for catchlights in the low light situations? I do like the look of the even flash fall-off that bouncing makes, but people I've talked to really like to see the eyes jump out a bit to draw attention to that part of the face. Short of finding something small and more reflective to bounce off of in addition to a large surface, I don't see any alternatives. Do you? Don’t forget Mac, the most reflective thing on that wall was the glass, which will give an almost mirror copy of the flash copy. Looks like there’s enough there that only the glass would have been hit. A glancing angle does a great job of softening the effect too. I know the truth of this thanks to a recent discovery of how useful glass is when documenting some details in car interiors. The whole interior looked as bright as day thanks to the flash, even though it was 11 at night.

Neil, what can we do for catchlights in the low light situations? I do like the look of the even flash fall-off that bouncing makes, but people I’ve talked to really like to see the eyes jump out a bit to draw attention to that part of the face. Short of finding something small and more reflective to bounce off of in addition to a large surface, I don’t see any alternatives. Do you?

]]> By: Mac http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-569 Mac Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:26:31 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/01/03/the-great-outdoors/#comment-569 I am surprised you don't get a color cast when bouncing a flash of something like a brick wall. Beautiful images nonetheless. I am surprised you don’t get a color cast when bouncing a flash of something like a brick wall. Beautiful images nonetheless.

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