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[HeathNC]

Been trying to get a shot of this setup....but no matter how brightly lit I think my garage is, the camera disagrees. I refuse to use the flash. I wanted the "low f stop" affect. This one was probably one of my two faves from this shoot...and it's still nowhere near as good as what I imagined the final product would be. C&C welcome and wanted.

[gator1970]

I would try to have the point of focus be the bullseye...all the lines draw your eye to it, but since it's not in focus the effect is lost.

[daveyburt]

i'll agree that there's too much focus on the flights and it's hard to get your eye off them.
otherwise, maybe a little ISO boost will bring our some dark detail but, it could be my monitor.

nice shot

[HeathNC]

Thanks. I'll keep your comments in mind. I like the concept, but haven't been happy with the results yet. I have a few pics where the focus is the bullseye, but they aren't much better. Maybe a higher f stop is needed?

Here's a sample of focus on the bullseye. This one is soft, too slow a shutter speed (1/25)for my handheld shot. ISO was at 1000. I appreciate the c&c. Might be time to drag out the tripod and the remote shutter release.

[elysium]

Are you using a hot shoe flash? If so, set the customer fucntion for flash to be set to Average rather than evaulative. Or bump up your FEC a bit

[l0gden]

I like the second one better but I agree the 'softness' you referred to may be due to your shutter speed. I would try to bounce a flash on this I bet it would work great that way.