[MF3D.FORUM:1083] Re:

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Glickman wrote:
> I may be more psycho then you think... I have a 5 flash rig set-up
> all to go off at once using radio transmitters.  I have used this
> many times in my LF work... and also atop my 35mm system for
> shooting wildlife.  However even 5 very strong flashes... 140 GN, at
> best will grab a shadow and lighten it a stop or two....(based on
> the distance) the old inverse square law kills the deal!  Flashes
> can never take over a landscape scene... you would need thousands of
> flashes.  Its hard to match the brightness of the sky, and in
> effect, thats what you would have to do to expose everything
> correctly.
> 

I agree that with electronic flash you're not going to light up a
landscape.  I didn't mean that you should.  I had assumed that you
were talking about pictures with a strong foreground whose exposure
you wanted to balance with the background.

By the way, you can light up a landscape if you use flashbulbs.  Even
the smallest flashbulb is more powerful than the strongest portable
(non-studio) electronic flash.  O. Winston Link did a series of
outdoor night scenes of steam locomotives lit by flashbulbs (see "The
Last Steam Railroad in America" for some examples).  These shots
sometimes used dozens of bulbs.  Obviously he did a lot of planning
and had the cooperation of the railroads.

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