the decision went in favour of Aftab Nagar...... the place, being on the eastern edge of the City, provided us with some open space, which has become so rare now-a-days..... though I'm sure that that open space would get concrete pillars drilled in soon enough..... anyway, we were so happy seeing that open space..... the weather was pretty warm though..... we waited for the afternoon sun to shine with all its warmth..... and then we began to bring our gears out of our bags.....
we started mostly with available light...... but soon figured out that we were not getting enough separation of the subject from the background..... we shaded the sun with a scrim and went on, but needed to set up some flashes to get the separation...... the idea of shooting a biker among the tall grasses was grabbed by others very quickly....... Hameem had the ultrawide to do the job..... I played as assistant holding the scrim..... others held flashes..... using warm gel on the flash also paid rich dividends......
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| From Aftab Nagar Strobist Meet, 01 May 2010 |
model: hameem
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f8, 1/800sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
One SB-900 on camera left with warm gel filter on voice-activated tripod (rakib); TTL mode; triggered by SU-800 on camera.
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| From Aftab Nagar Strobist Meet, 01 May 2010 |
model: rezwan
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f2.8, 1/2,500sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
One SB-900 on camera left with warm gel filter on voice-activated tripod (rakib); TTL mode; triggered by SU-800 on camera.
anyway, I also tried out the same frames I tried a while back; but this time with a flash...... the sun was well on its way down..... so, it wasn't producing enough pop to separate the background..... the flash with warm gel did the trick...... the same trick applied for another close portrait..... the sun was replaced in the sun-glasses with the flash..... the original sun was too low down at that time and was featuring too mildly in the on the sun-glasses....
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| From Aftab Nagar Strobist Meet, 01 May 2010 |
model: sadia
Nikon D700 + Sigma APO 150mm f2.8 EX DG HSM Macro
f3, 1/640sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
One SB-900 on camera left with warm gel filter on voice-activated tripod (hameem); shooting though a white shoot-through umbrella; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800 on camera.
the last individual shot for me was with a tele..... the idea was to utilise some nice warm clouds in the eastern sky..... the sun was already down, so needed another flash to get the separation..... set-up an umbrella to get the light to soften.....
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| From Aftab Nagar Strobist Meet, 01 May 2010 |
The Koba Squad!!
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF 20mm f2.8D
f8, 1/30sec, ISO 200
Strobist info:
One SB-900 each on camera left and right on tripod; TTL mode; triggered by SU-800 on camera.
the last effort of the day was a group shot...... it became sort of a pain to trigger the two flashes with the SU-800.... the angle was consistently becoming too steep..... anyway, we ended up with a decent shot to call it a day.....
just a couple of hours' effort..... life has become too hectic these days to manage more time than that..... for me, this has become the difference between being in photography and getting out of it...... I'm blessed with quite of lot of friends at TTL, who are helping me to keep in photography...... missed some regular fellas who had kept the strobist spirit alive..... Faisal Bhai, Biju, Tahmid, Saif Bhai jumped off the team at the last moment.... hopefully they will be there for the next meet..... may be another weekend...... lets just hope for that day everyday during the whole week!!
for more shots, please go to the gallery:
Aftab Nagar Strobist Meet, 01 May 2010
