Firstly, thanks for the comments everyone! Benjamin, thanks! Yeah, that's convocation hall - It's a nice building.


Quote Originally Posted by Bill M.
Were you using a fish-eye or something like the 10-22?

I used the Tokina 12-24 at 12mm, and as I remember, f/9.0 to add depth to the image. I had a vision of this shot moments before I took it, and the biggest success here, IMO, is that I was able to capture exactly what I was imagining a few moments earlier with the camera.


I shot in Jpeg and Raw, and applied the "Monochrome" picture style in black and white. In Lightroom 2.0, I boosted contrast and the blacks until I got the look I wanted.


Quote Originally Posted by Bill M.
Hey, I look at it all as positive reinforcement for investing in more equipment! Or at least justifying it to the wife! [img]/emoticons/emotion-5.gif[/img]

Hmm... That would be nice - My dad did mention he was shooting at 1/30 sec. with the 55-250 during the ceremony... And mentioned the potential need for a faster telephoto lens[]


All in all, it was really fulfilling to shoot this sort of event, and realized I love it. I've been starting to shoot a lot events like this for friends and family lately (for free - I give them CD's), and they have been very happy with the results I can put forward.