getting to the place needed some effort, as the place is a bit under watch.... people can go there, but at some places, checkpoints are there and the guards need to be convinced...... anyway, we took a different route and avoided checkpoints.... Saif Bhai went back to bring his car through the main checkpoints, which ensured security for the car and a much better way to go back during the evening......
we took our position assuming that Atia was right about the airline schedule..... according to her, there was a flight of Saudia at 4:30PM, which was certainly not going to be any other than the huge Boeing 747...... we didn't want to miss such an opportunity to have a giant like that in our frame.....
we soon found out that planes were taking off from another direction and the 747 was nowhere in sight..... so, we quickly changed our direction and setup..... the sun was setting on our left.... we kept the sun in the frame as long as we could.... and the rest of the times, we were depending on the afterglow..... we shot away until around 6:45PM, when it was pretty dark...... we had a lot of fun and didn't forget to learn all the way..... it was a good practice session, and a nice afternoon adda with some cool people.....
here are some glimpses of the captures.....
we started off with typical portraits using flashes..... the main idea was to overpower the sun and to underexpose the background.... it was the warm-up time before we could see some big airplanes overhead....
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: biju
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f4, 1/1,600sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on ground on camera right with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: tahmid
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f4, 1/1,600sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on ground on camera right with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
we had to change our direction quickly to catch the airplanes in our frame.... the sun was on our left, and using a wide lens, it was possible to bring the sun in the frame..... the sun was already behind the trees, so, just a bit of read was all we could catch.....
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: atia
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f4, 1/1,600sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on voice-activated tripod (Tahmid) on camera left with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: biju
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f4, 1/1,250sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on voice-activated tripod (Tahmid) on camera left with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: tahmid
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f4, 1/1,000sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on voice-activated tripod (Atia) on camera left with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
then we came up with the crazy idea of capturing a high-speed duel between two "urban warriors"....... the light was fading, but we had the flash duration of the strobes to support us in capturing motion.......
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: tahmid & biju
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on ground; one on camera left and another on camera right; with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: tahmid & biju
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on ground; one on camera left and another on camera right; with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
we had to bring down the shutter speed and boost up ISO to bring the background into play...... it was already getting dark.....
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
model: tahmid & biju
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f6.3, 1/30sec, ISO 640
Strobist info:
Two SB-900 on ground; one on camera left and another on camera right; with warm gel filter; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800
by the time we came up with the idea of a group shot, it was already quite dark..... and without a tripod, it became sort of a pain to get the best composition...... the effort was still there to get a goodish group portrait.....
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| From Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010 |
The Koba Squad!!
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f6.3, 1/5sec, ISO 640
Strobist info:
Two SB-900, one SB-800 and one SB-600 on ground; two on camera left and two on camera right; with warm gel filter on the SB-900s; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800; on timer; on ground
please don't forget to visit the whole gallery to have a look at more pics, including some hilarious bloopers!!
Nikunja Strobist Meet, 16 April 2010
