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I attended a Texas Photo Forum shoot cleverly arranged by one of the members at a local bar where models were being recruited for a Houston radio station's promotional Hottie Posse

I did not bring a flash & the event was geared for flash with a backlight provided by one of the members that subverted my efforts to do ambient low light people photography, which is a favorite genre

the D3X again was probably not the best tool for this, but I wanted to give it a go and even turned down an offer to use one of the other group members backup flash as I wanted to see what it could do under these circumstances

here is the unprocessed jpg



I played with this a bit and finally settled on dual conversions, one done in C1 and the other in NX2 which I combined in PS



larger versions of these can be found here -------> http://www.pbase.com/artichoke/high_iso&page=2 along with complete shooting information

some will doubtless suggest that this could have been taken with a P/S and I know I would have had more winners had I used a flash (no built in flash is only a liability if you don't bring one along)

I am impressed with the details & colors that were contained in the NEF file produced by this remarkable camera
I suspect I could pull out even more from this file, but what I got amazes me
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pbase & dpreview supporter
DPR forum member since 5/2001
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
 
a fav trick of mine at fashion events is to make use of EVERYONE elses flashes going off, with a small F stop like f22 and long exposure like a second or two and let everyone elses flashes do the work for you..

try it you'll be very surprised at the results !.. and even better if you get a group of other photographers in the background with their flashes gong off..



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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexyinc/

 
Without sounding facetious, I think that's the best picture I've seen from you, and it's not because of the pretty girl either. in fact, it's the first example that amply demonstrates the dynamic range do th D3X.

Could you post the EXIF data?
 
Andre De Angelis said:
Without sounding facetious, I think that's the best picture I've seen
from you, and it's not because of the pretty girl either.
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I agree whole heartedly. Best photo I have seen from Artichoke, in fact it is a nice image!
Andre De Angelis said:
in fact,
it's the first example that amply demonstrates the dynamic range do
th D3X.
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I disagree, it shows black, yes, and white, yes, and tones in between, but I do not see a spectacular dynamic range. I do notice that the lens used is nice and contrasty.
Andre De Angelis said:
Could you post the EXIF data?
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Focal Length 200 mm
Exposure Time 1/80 sec
Aperture f/2
ISO Equivalent 560
Exposure Bias -1/3
Metering Mode center weighted (2)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)

Is that EXIF correct? 200mm f2?
 
Artichoke said:
I attended a Texas Photo Forum shoot cleverly arranged by one of the
members at a local bar where models were being recruited for a
Houston radio station's promotional Hottie Posse
I did not bring a flash & the event was geared for flash with a
backlight provided by one of the members that subverted my efforts to
do ambient low light people photography, which is a favorite genre
the D3X again was probably not the best tool for this, but I wanted
to give it a go and even turned down an offer to use one of the other
group members backup flash as I wanted to see what it could do under
these circumstances

here is the unprocessed jpg



I played with this a bit and finally settled on dual conversions, one
done in C1 and the other in NX2 which I combined in PS



larger versions of these can be found here ------->
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke/high_iso&page=2 along with complete
shooting information

some will doubtless suggest that this could have been taken with a
P/S and I know I would have had more winners had I used a flash (no
built in flash is only a liability if you don't bring one along)
I am impressed with the details & colors that were contained in the
NEF file produced by this remarkable camera
I suspect I could pull out even more from this file, but what I got
amazes me
--
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pbase & dpreview supporter
DPR forum member since 5/2001
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
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--Only thing that this picture demonstrates is that somebody dose not know how to meter back lit objects to get proper exposure. You can play all you wont with PP but with out nailing a shot you get zilch .
Mironv
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Ya I'm sure cranking the iso up to 1600-3200 and spot metering on the girl might have worked. Only issue is the light from the backdrop might have caused some severe flare or ghosting around the girl.

I probably would have cranked the iso up, opened up the aperture and started with a +1 exposure compensation then moved to a +2 if needed. I bet the histogram looked like a half pipe :)
 
I will give this a try my next outing, though I think I will bring along a flash just in case
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pbase & dpreview supporter
DPR forum member since 5/2001
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
 
the complete EXIF is available under the photograph in the linked gallery

I was very impressed with the amount of shadow detail in this file which reflects the dynamic range this camera can capture
the EXIF data is accurate

I used the 200 mm VR which can give reasonably sharp results when mounted on a monopod at even lower shutter speeds
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pbase & dpreview supporter
DPR forum member since 5/2001
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
 
no text.
Artichoke said:
I attended a Texas Photo Forum shoot cleverly arranged by one of the
members at a local bar where models were being recruited for a
Houston radio station's promotional Hottie Posse
I did not bring a flash & the event was geared for flash with a
backlight provided by one of the members that subverted my efforts to
do ambient low light people photography, which is a favorite genre
the D3X again was probably not the best tool for this, but I wanted
to give it a go and even turned down an offer to use one of the other
group members backup flash as I wanted to see what it could do under
these circumstances

here is the unprocessed jpg



I played with this a bit and finally settled on dual conversions, one
done in C1 and the other in NX2 which I combined in PS



larger versions of these can be found here ------->
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke/high_iso&page=2 along with complete
shooting information

some will doubtless suggest that this could have been taken with a
P/S and I know I would have had more winners had I used a flash (no
built in flash is only a liability if you don't bring one along)
I am impressed with the details & colors that were contained in the
NEF file produced by this remarkable camera
I suspect I could pull out even more from this file, but what I got
amazes me
--
--
pbase & dpreview supporter
DPR forum member since 5/2001
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
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I don't really care about the torture test part. Artistically, I just wanted to say that I actually prefer the jpeg than the processed version. The only thing I would try is lightening the model only but leave everything else silhouetted like the jpeg. Even then, I wouldn't bring the exposure up on the model as much as the processed version. If this was just a sample showing the shadow recovery of the D3X, that's fine, but you might be missing the forest for the trees here.
Artichoke said:
I attended a Texas Photo Forum shoot cleverly arranged by one of the
members at a local bar where models were being recruited for a
Houston radio station's promotional Hottie Posse
I did not bring a flash & the event was geared for flash with a
backlight provided by one of the members that subverted my efforts to
do ambient low light people photography, which is a favorite genre
the D3X again was probably not the best tool for this, but I wanted
to give it a go and even turned down an offer to use one of the other
group members backup flash as I wanted to see what it could do under
these circumstances
Click to expand...
 
Rexyinc said:
a fav trick of mine at fashion events is to make use of EVERYONE
elses flashes going off, with a small F stop like f22 and long
exposure like a second or two and let everyone elses flashes do the
work for you..

try it you'll be very surprised at the results !.. and even better if
you get a group of other photographers in the background with their
flashes gong off..



--
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexyinc/

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I'm a total novice so bear with me ;-)

Wouldn't speeds of 1 or 2 seconds on a moving target give you the blur effect?
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K. Nezz
 
you bet they do!..

here's another one from my workshop i ran this weekend out in the countryside..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexyinc/3660799753/



Camera: Nikon D3X
Exposure: 7.6
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal Length: 90 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
ISO Speed: 200

trick here was getting the 7.6 seconds hehe.. ( hint: had to turn off the camera before i blew out the highlights.. .. so manual shutter speed :P )

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Face of the model is overlaid by photographers elbow! As is is the photograph good only for deletion. Not even good enough to show some adjustment.

BTW switch for spot metering is on the camera body. You can change this setting in half second. You should not forget it.
 
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