Tseralo said:I'm not mega happy with this image but it was the best of the shoot and my first time shooting underground. I think I missed focus probably should have used a higher f-stop and lower shutter speed.
In the future, I may try and get the subjects to use all their lights and reduce mine in an effort to get more dynamic lighting.
D7200 F3.4 Iso 400 12mm 1/160 Speedlight in the hot shoe
JoshW said:Tseralo said:I'm not mega happy with this image but it was the best of the shoot and my first time shooting underground. I think I missed focus probably should have used a higher f-stop and lower shutter speed.
In the future, I may try and get the subjects to use all their lights and reduce mine in an effort to get more dynamic lighting.
D7200 F3.4 Iso 400 12mm 1/160 Speedlight in the hot shoe
Some little bits of feedback from what I've found. Feel free to ignore me!
two ways to get the most out of that speedlite:
1) increase your ISO - the D7200 could go up to ISO 1600 or 3200 with little or no signs of noise (with proper exposure). This gains you 2 or 3 stops of light, meaning you can stop down the aperture for the same exposure to f/6.3 or f/9 (numbers might be slightly off). This will give you significantly better depth of field.
2) move the speedlite off camera for more directional lighting. Strobist blog is a decent read for those starting to use the flash off camera. This of course involves more faff - and is probably the main source of cave photographers bad reputation for slowing trips down!
If the main source of light in the photo is the speed light, changing the shutter speed shouldn't change much to either the exposure or clarity of the shot. The speed light flashes at a tiny fraction of a second (1/10,000 ish usually) and provided it is the main/only source of light it will freeze the subject.
Really like the framing of the photo, a nice caving shot, so don't take this as criticism at all!
Tseralo said:JoshW said:Tseralo said:I'm not mega happy with this image but it was the best of the shoot and my first time shooting underground. I think I missed focus probably should have used a higher f-stop and lower shutter speed.
In the future, I may try and get the subjects to use all their lights and reduce mine in an effort to get more dynamic lighting.
D7200 F3.4 Iso 400 12mm 1/160 Speedlight in the hot shoe
Some little bits of feedback from what I've found. Feel free to ignore me!
two ways to get the most out of that speedlite:
1) increase your ISO - the D7200 could go up to ISO 1600 or 3200 with little or no signs of noise (with proper exposure). This gains you 2 or 3 stops of light, meaning you can stop down the aperture for the same exposure to f/6.3 or f/9 (numbers might be slightly off). This will give you significantly better depth of field.
2) move the speedlite off camera for more directional lighting. Strobist blog is a decent read for those starting to use the flash off camera. This of course involves more faff - and is probably the main source of cave photographers bad reputation for slowing trips down!
If the main source of light in the photo is the speed light, changing the shutter speed shouldn't change much to either the exposure or clarity of the shot. The speed light flashes at a tiny fraction of a second (1/10,000 ish usually) and provided it is the main/only source of light it will freeze the subject.
Really like the framing of the photo, a nice caving shot, so don't take this as criticism at all!
Thanks josh that?s really helpful a few other people have said to me about using off camera flash so I think a radio trigger may be on the wish list.
I find the noise is noticeable if I pixel peep at higher ISO?s but maybe I should just get over that. I come from a landscape background where ISO 100 is the norm. Plus that lenses sweet spot is F5.6.