Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue in Austin, Texas

            Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue in Austin's Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail. 

The challenge here was the lighting and color temperatures since we had 3 different temps - the sky was very cloudy, the lights in the buildings were very warm, and the flash is daylight.  I didn't want to have a gray looking overcast look so I gelled the flash and used tungsten white balance (ok, i shot it in raw, but that was the plan).  Flash fired camera left and pointing up to get the face of the statue via CLS. 

Couple of things I wish I did differently:  the statue is not quite in focus.  at f/5.6 and the wide angle, I was hoping the hyperfocal distance was reached but not quite there.  Also, my goal in the composition was to get the shadow of him playing the guitar in the picture, but then the shadow of the flash would cover it up if I tried to match the real and artistic shadow so I went with the lesser of two evils .

Taken in: United States / Texas / Austin / Auditorium Shores (show map)

Taken on: December 29, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D600, f/5.6, 2.5 sec, 20mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D600
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	2.5
Focal Length:	20mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Return not detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Windows)
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