{"id":898,"date":"2008-08-04T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-08-04\/898"},"modified":"2008-08-04T12:06:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T03:06:01","slug":"a-merry-go-round-fill-flash-and-too-fast-a-shutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-08-04\/898","title":{"rendered":"A Merry-go-Round, Fill Flash, and Too Fast a Shutter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEnjoying a Merry<\/span>-go-Round<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We've continued to visit area playgrounds. The first<\/span> was a playground in Stow, Ohio<\/a>,\nand it's still on my list to post more about the second, an amazing playground<\/a> in\nRavenna. Today's pictures are from the third, a playground<\/span> in Independence\nthat we visited a few<\/span> days ago. (We visited a fourth<\/span> playground today, but\nI haven't<\/span> looked at those photos yet.)<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This time I brought my Nikon SB-800 flash, and tried to use it on-camera\nfor some simple fill. I set it<\/span> on manual mode, and adjusted the power\nanywhere from full to 1\/64th, to try to get an unobtrusive fill that seemed\nnatural.<\/p>\n\n

Of course, I generally<\/span> failed. I'm no good<\/span> at flash photography.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTop of the World<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The photo above looks okay, I hope, but it didn't come out of the camera\nthat way. I used Lightroom<\/span>'s “fill flash” feature a bit,<\/span> which brightens\nshadows across the entire frame, and on top of that, I used the<\/span> new\nlocal-corrections feature of Lightroom 2<\/span> to “paint” in extra brightness\njust on his face.<\/p>\n\n

It took only a minute or two, but that's time I wouldn't<\/span> have had to\nspend had I gotten<\/span> it right the first time.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nApprehensive<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

As physical as Anthony likes to play, he's really quite the scaredy-cat\nwhen it comes to new things (or new people, for that matter). There were\nsome hanging rings that some other kids were swinging from, and he wanted\nto try them, but was too scared.<\/p>\n\n

I was not too scared to take a picture of them, but the fill flash was a\ntad<\/span> too strong...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGame Time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSpinning<\/span>\nno, really, he's spinning\n<\/div>\n\n

Most of our time was on a small merry-go-round. Sadly, almost all of the\npictures I took<\/span> ended up using a fast<\/span> shutter and so the movement was\nfrozen, leaving bland, static results like that above.<\/p>\n\n

This next picture would have been so much better with a blurred<\/span> background...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMaking Daddy's Head Spin<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Sometimes I actively thought about the shutter speed, and I did<\/span> get a\nbit<\/span> of blur here, but it's too little too late...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 18 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWarp Speed<\/span>\n( you'll have to use your imagination )\n<\/div>\n\n

I'm kicking myself for not thinking about the shutter speed more,\nespecially since early on I took<\/span> a shot<\/span> of other kids playing on the\nmerry-go-round where I specifically<\/span> did use a longish<\/span> exposure to capture\nthe movement:<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/22, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

With all the playgrounds in the area, I'm sure I<\/span>'ll have a chance<\/span> to redeem myself soon...<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We've continued to visit area playgrounds. The first was a playground in Stow, Ohio, and it's still on my list to post more about the second, an amazing playground in Ravenna. Today's pictures are from the third, a playground in Independence that we visited a few days ago. (We visited a fourth playground today, but I haven't looked at those photos yet.)<\/p>

This time I brought my Nikon SB-800 flash, and tried to use it on-camera for some simple fill. I set it on manual mode, and adjusted the power anywhere from full to 1\/64th, to try to get an [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}