Abandoned
The Response: Galaxy Koi — Jessica
This image is lucky to be here — I almost abandoned the initial idea to go to the botanical garden since I had Danny with me. I turned out to be a lot of fun and Danny had fun too, which was nice since he had the ear tube surgery this morning. (Not that the surgery is very taxing – it takes all of five minutes, really!)
I did have one problem with my gear. It is almost impossible to see what I am creating in the field. I think there may be a problem with the software that creates the “bright” multiple exposures. It seems like it’s not getting the exposure correct and I’m ending up with a photo of near black. In Lightroom, I can recover the image but I have to pull the exposure up by 3 to 4 stops and then correct the white and black points. I don’t mind fiddling with the post-processing, but it’s incredibly frustrating while I’m shooting and I getting absolutely zero feedback on how something I’m trying is working out. It makes the process a bit too random for my tastes. Almost making me want to abandon the technique and so back to straight shooting. (Well, not really!)
It’s a fabulous image, Jessica. That green is just glorious, and there’s such a nice feeling of movement. It seems like the fish is really swimming before my eyes. Is the any way to figure out what’s going on with your camera? Have you searched the internet for photographers with similar problems?