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Kibo informs me that "Ted Kerin" stated
that: http://home.earthlink.net/~tfkerin/sample-2.jpg I hadn't heard of "hot pixels" causing this effect -- very interesting, although it's odd how the speckles follow a pattern around objects. It's most likely your flash reflecting from specks of airborne dust. I've seen it many times in flash photos, especially in close up shots like your sample. And if you think those 'sparkles' look weird, try taking a flash shot straight after someone's just exhaled some cigarette smoke in front of you - even if you can barely see it yourself, the cloud lights right up from the flash & can completely block whatever you were trying to photograph. The worst is when you're photographing a band that thinks lots of fog on the stage looks really cool, because it severely limits the amount of flash that you can use. If I can't convince the effects person to keep the fog below waist-high (or they screw up), I'll turn off the flash altogether & get the lighting folk to give me enough light to work with. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Kibo informs me that "Ted Kerin" stated
that: http://home.earthlink.net/~tfkerin/sample-2.jpg I hadn't heard of "hot pixels" causing this effect -- very interesting, although it's odd how the speckles follow a pattern around objects. It's most likely your flash reflecting from specks of airborne dust. I've seen it many times in flash photos, especially in close up shots like your sample. And if you think those 'sparkles' look weird, try taking a flash shot straight after someone's just exhaled some cigarette smoke in front of you - even if you can barely see it yourself, the cloud lights right up from the flash & can completely block whatever you were trying to photograph. The worst is when you're photographing a band that thinks lots of fog on the stage looks really cool, because it severely limits the amount of flash that you can use. If I can't convince the effects person to keep the fog below waist-high (or they screw up), I'll turn off the flash altogether & get the lighting folk to give me enough light to work with. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Kibo informs me that "Ted Kerin" stated that:
Marvin, John and Tetcractys Thank to all 3 of you for replying! As a result of your posts, I have checked the online images again here on my office computer, and guess what? The speckles can't be seen here! (In fact, the photos also look considerably darker on this monitor.) Now, I'm thinking that I need to make some kind of adjustment on my home monitor. I'm betting that your home monitor hasn't been cleaned in a while. Betcha a soft cloth & some window cleaner fixes your problem. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Kibo informs me that "Ted Kerin" stated that:
Marvin, John and Tetcractys Thank to all 3 of you for replying! As a result of your posts, I have checked the online images again here on my office computer, and guess what? The speckles can't be seen here! (In fact, the photos also look considerably darker on this monitor.) Now, I'm thinking that I need to make some kind of adjustment on my home monitor. I'm betting that your home monitor hasn't been cleaned in a while. Betcha a soft cloth & some window cleaner fixes your problem. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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