Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 28 - 105
f/4 at 0.3s
ISO 100
This shot was a little tricky. I wanted to shoot something where I work. It is a warehouse environment with only florescent lighting.
I decided I wanted an action shot with me on the forklift. I used gaffer's tape to fix a tripod to the top of the cage that protects the driver and I used a Manfrotto clamp to mount my SB-600 to the mast.
I set the WB to florescent and I put a green gel on the flash. I shot in manual mode and chose a slow shutter speed to get some blur in the background. The self timer was set at 5 seconds. I would trigger the timer then start driving and five seconds later the shutter would release and I would have a shot.
Then I put a 3/4 CTO warming gel on the flash as well. My hope was that the green gel would correct for the florescent ambient light and the CTO gel would add some warmth to me the subject of the shot. I don't think it worked as I had hoped. In fact my skin tone is rather pale.
However, I did get the blur in the background that I wanted.
I think I woulda shot it AWB and let the flash dictate the area that was exposed. Then if needed you can correct the background colour in post. I do that a lot with hockey, or where the focus is the subject, with the "scene" as a secondary.
ReplyDeleteI'm not that good with post production concerning colour correction so I do my best to produce what I want in-camera. I frequently don't succeed. This is just one example.
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