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Posted 06/02/2011 - 11:29 - Helpful Comment
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It sounds like you are doing something unsuitable for the situation, but hard to know what without being there.
Forgetting the flash, which kills atmosphere anyway, I would set a high ISO and a fairly wide aperture and then prefocus on a spot, holding the exposure and focus point with a half press on the shutter release. Then just before your daughter arrives at that spot release the shutter. It's a matter of practice to catch action, so keep trying and look at any techniques that are offered here or in magazines and books.
Forgetting the flash, which kills atmosphere anyway, I would set a high ISO and a fairly wide aperture and then prefocus on a spot, holding the exposure and focus point with a half press on the shutter release. Then just before your daughter arrives at that spot release the shutter. It's a matter of practice to catch action, so keep trying and look at any techniques that are offered here or in magazines and books.
Best regards, John
Posted 06/02/2011 - 11:34
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Agree with above, but could also have been Metz Flash not sync with K5, did you set sync speed manually ? batteries charged ? did you try with built in flash ?
Cheers
Cheers
Chris
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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8, Pentax A 50mm F1.2
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www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk
" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".
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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8, Pentax A 50mm F1.2
K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM
Posted 06/02/2011 - 11:43
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took flash off set high iso pre focused on daughter waited till she was about to jump with finger still half depressed shutter pressed but jump over by time it went off
pete ps tried same at home fine
pete ps tried same at home fine
Posted 06/02/2011 - 11:54
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Chris love your coastal photos makes me want to move back to coast
Posted 06/02/2011 - 13:44
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whatsthisbuttondo wrote:
Chris love your coastal photos makes me want to move back to coast
Thank you for the kind comments, We'll move down there at some time.
Chris love your coastal photos makes me want to move back to coast
Chris
www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk
" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".
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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8, Pentax A 50mm F1.2
K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM
www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk
" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".
-------------------------------------------------------------
K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8, Pentax A 50mm F1.2
K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM
Posted 07/02/2011 - 08:28
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whatsthisbuttondo wrote:
took flash off set high iso pre focused on daughter waited till she was about to jump with finger still half depressed shutter pressed but jump over by time it went off
pete ps tried same at home fine
Could you post an example with the exif data intact?
took flash off set high iso pre focused on daughter waited till she was about to jump with finger still half depressed shutter pressed but jump over by time it went off
pete ps tried same at home fine
Ken
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“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 07/02/2011 - 18:42
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Cant post anything usb ports up the swanee for some reason, pc on last legs me thinks also as computer literate as average house brick
pete
pete
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