Robert_Lay wrote in post #7872649
Just a couple of curiousities -
1 - Why shoot such a simple scene, which requires very shallow depth of field, at f/9? Seems like that just unnecessarily makes you use a very long shutter time (not a problem for the camera, but certainly a problem for the stooge).
2 - Why do you throw out a red herring in mentioning use of flash when you did not actually use flash (at least not that the camera knew about)?
3 - What is the rationale' behind such ghoulish lighting when you could just as easily use conventional lighting?


1) I used F/9 to get both the wall and subject sharp. I actually wanted a long shutter speed so I could walk around and fire the flash multiple times. This was shot out doors at night while I was doing some light painting so no matter the F stop i was goin to need a 30 second exposure approx.
and also, the subject didnt need to stand still for the entire 30 seconds, they just stood there, I fired the flash, then they moved, they only had to be still for like 1/1000th of a second or whatever, which wasnt a problem for the stooge.
2) I did use a flash, an off camera flash which was fired 3 times. I dont see why this would be questioned. That is the correct way to describe it. It doesnt matter if the camera knew about it, I still used a flash.
3) I could have used more conventional lighting, but as I mentioned multiple times, this shot was experimental. i was trying something different, something non-conventional. The lighting setup was purely experimental, just wondering what everone thinks.