Bruce Mastin
Vancouver Semi-Pro
Registered: June 2009
Posts: 25
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Canon 50D, Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS lens.
shot specs:
aperture priority, f-10, 1/250 sec, ISO 500, exposure bias +0.7
focal length: 28 mm, center weighted average metering, flash.
Here is a good example of the type of conundrum I'm talking about.
I took the picture in open shade, to avoid harsh shadows, but it was a sunny day, so there was a lot of contrast between the sky and the guys. I wanted to use a higher aperture for depth of field, because of the way they were arranged and the fact that I was quite close to them. I needed to be close to them because I needed my flash to be able to illuminate them to balance them with the sky and avoid blowing it out. I was personally kind of surprised that at 500 ISO the shadows are SOOO dirty. In post I had to boost the shadows a bit to get some detail back, but the results were not impressive.
What did I do wrong here, or would this have happened to anyone with the same equipment?
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Black River Landing
