RK,
Aside from the recommendations others have made, here's a few more
off-the-wall suggestions that might help...
You might consider flashing the film to obtain more details in the shadow
areas. It might not help much though given the contrast range, but is worth
an experiment.
Also, I've noticed that Kodak film (what I mostly shoot) developed and
printed with Fuji supplies tend to be more contrasty than Kodak film
developed and printed on Kodak supplies -- specifically, the shadows areas
loose detail and go cmopletely black way too quickly. Therefore, you might
try and experiment of matching film brands with processing if you are not
already doing so (or how about a mismatch if you are arealdy doing so?).
help that helps,
Patrick White ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>I've messed up some very important landscape shots- I had to take them
>about just after noon in blazing sunlight and the resulting images are
>ghastly: burnt out highlights with deep shadows.
>I showed them to a pro and he recommended I use the Sunny 16 rule
>whenever I take photos in bright sunshine- i.e., I ignore the CW meter
>reading.
>Is this good advice? I shoot print film and my usual outfit for outdoor
>shots would be a MZ5+17mm Tokina
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