Here I am, lost in the Queets River valley, Olympic National Park (NW Washington).
This rain forest scene captured my imagination, but the broken sun produced a lot of contrast for Velvia-50 film to handle.
My main question is about using fill-flash, if possible, to bring up the shade on the left tree’s dark trunk?
Perhaps 1 or 2 portable Nikon speedlights, with pc cord connections? How might this change exposure settings? Or maybe I could use a different film? Or … just be patient, and wait for different light?
The forest was quiet – very little wind.
My spot meter reported:
Left tree trunk in shade = 7 ev
Central mossy-green trunk = 9 ev (shaded portion) to 13+ ev (sunlit portion)
Foreground sunlight = 13 ev
Background forest = 8 ev (shade) to 10 ev (sunlit)
I metered for 11 ev – understanding Velvia-50 would struggle to capture textured values less than 9 ev, and greater than 13 ev.
Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
½ sec. @ f/22
Velvia-50 (shot ISO 50)
Leveled camera, added 20mm front rise
Epson 4990
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