Reiska


Reiska is really a pet-name for Reino, Mr. Reino Lemmetyinen, a very good friend of mine. From his image you can tell that he really is a personality, wise man with kind heart. This is what I tried to capture - and I think that I succeeded, not because of my ability with the camera, but because his qualities show always through because of him.

The image was taken with my new Pentax MZ-S with f:3.5-4.5/24-90 mm IF & AL Pentax lens. The available light was quite poor so I had to use the built-in flash. The exposure - with Fujichrome Sensia 100 - was the slowest speed I thought I could handle safely, 1/60th of a second and full aperture f:4.5. Because of the poor power of the flash, the available light has some effect, the lighting is not as hard as one might expect with direct flash. I also dialed in -0.5 stops of exposure compensation to eliminate the overexposure often connected with direct flash and causing more harshness. The background is a wall so far behind that it is rendered totally black. This makes the face really stand out.

The quality of the 24-90 Pentax lens at full aperture is very, very good indeed. I like this image.

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