>I'd say try spot metering the Egret add a couple of stops then let the >rest of the tones in the image fall where they may, but none of your >cameras has a spot meter, (and unfortunately a hand held spot meter is >quite pricey), then bracket like hell.
Thanks :o) I only have one camera, a P30t, and I don't know what kind of meter it has. Frankly, I stopped listening to it a year ago. It usually tells me to take my pictures even slower, and that really would have blown that bird (or if I just said that backwards, my brain is broken). I just guesstimate by looking at my hand - maybe I'll just use a piece of white paper next time! I did save your advice for the day when I do have a camera with a spot meter, thank you. I did look online a while back for spot meters out of curiousity, and boy, are you right, they are expensive. rg2 On 9/21/07, wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > matrix metering, no compensation > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/52755519 > > I won't mention which camera I used > > On 9/21/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > > I'd say try spot metering the Egret add a couple of stops then let the > > > rest of the tones in the image fall where they may, but none of your > > > cameras has a spot meter, (and unfortunately a hand held spot meter is > > > quite pricey), then bracket like hell. > > > > You can do white subjects quite well with center-weight or matrix > > metering using exposure compensation. > > > > For this one: > > http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/birds/gr_egret_IMG_1996.jpg > > > > I used "matrix" metering on an area of reeds without the bird, > > recomposed and shot. > > > > for this one: > > http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/birds/gr_egret_IMG_2019.jpg > > > > it was so quick all I could do was use matrix metering and dial in a > > little negative exposure compensation since I figured the bird would > > blow out with the "regular" value. > > > > > > -- > > > > Christian > > http://photography.skofteland.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
