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Originally Posted by clockdoc
I think you did a nice job with the one you have shown us. As far as depth of field, you have a couple of options, not that any would have worked so well here with only onboard flash. As you get farther away, depth of field will increase for the same f/stop. Then you have to rely on the camera's ability to capture the shot with enough megapixels to crop the image you desire. Next, stopping the lens down and slowing the shutter speed will balance the ambient light but will also decrease the effect of the flash. The way to work it would be to see how close you would need to be for the chosen f/stop to work for depth of field and flash, then balance available light for that aperture with slowing the shutter speed. Not as easy a task in outdoor lighting. Fortunately the horse was light in tone so that would have helped, even if he came out a ittle darker. You need to put a more powerful battery powered flash on your Christmas wish list. 8-)
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doc, thank you for commenting.........yours is an opinion that i so hoped for....you are old school photography, a man who has studied the in camera end of things, and you are someone i feel i can learn so very much from...
thank you for answering what bothered me most about this shoot.....depth of field.....and i hope to apply what you've suggested soon...
right now i have been utilizing the "built in" flash on my rebel xt.....i reckon i should think about investigating my specs and how to best make do with what i got....in this shoot i just crossed my fingers and shot.......i do have an old sunpak i used with my canon ae1....but, it was made a few thousand years ago so things, connections and voltages may have changed over time.......
anyway.....thanks for the "particulars" of depth of field versus flash that i was so looking for.....
peeper