posted Friday, 03 December 2010, 22:28 (+0800), by Martin
While going through some photos taken last year in Sydney, I noticed that
I had a few photos where I had managed to catch someone else's flash.
Both photos were taken near the Sydney Opera House, looking towards
Circular Key, overlooking the Opera Bar.
In this first photo, I was taking a photo of Circular Key, and managed to catch the flash of a lady who was taking a photo of her three seated friends.
About 5 minutes later, I managed to catch the flash from someone taking a photo of another group.
Given the very brief duration of a camera flash, it's a coincidence that I managed to capture some other peoples' flashes - especially two in a fairly short period of time. The slightly longer shutter speeds I was using (0.4 seconds for the first photo, and 2 seconds for the second) would have helped, but it was completely accidental and coincidental that I managed to catch these two flashing cameras.
Have you ever managed to catch someone else's flash when taking a photo?
In this first photo, I was taking a photo of Circular Key, and managed to catch the flash of a lady who was taking a photo of her three seated friends.
first flash catch: crop of photo, showing the flash catch
first flash catch: photo straight out of the camera
About 5 minutes later, I managed to catch the flash from someone taking a photo of another group.
second flash catch: crop of photo, showing the flash catch
second flash catch: photo straight out of the camera
Given the very brief duration of a camera flash, it's a coincidence that I managed to capture some other peoples' flashes - especially two in a fairly short period of time. The slightly longer shutter speeds I was using (0.4 seconds for the first photo, and 2 seconds for the second) would have helped, but it was completely accidental and coincidental that I managed to catch these two flashing cameras.
Have you ever managed to catch someone else's flash when taking a photo?
