Hi Bruce: Your mention of slides prompted me to go through a big box of slides that I shot over 20 years ago with the Pentax MX--slides of a girlfriend trip to Cancun & Florida--among other stuff. I haven't looked at these slides for years--barely recognize myself! Anyway, yes, biasing away from Highlights--yes, very key. I can see in the slides I've got some bikini-clad girlfriends on the beach with some suntan lotion blown highlights--made me giggle. Anyway, thanks for the comments & advice. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:10 PM Subject: Re: On the issue of blown highlights! > Hello Christine, > > I've found that NOT blowing the highlights works best <grin>. Seems > that you are treading into territory that has long been one of the > most important to photographers from way back. If you ever shot > slide film, the digital issues would feel similar - not exactly the > same, but the range and exactness are much the same. Print film > allowed us to get rather sloppy. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:10:52 AM, you wrote: > > CA> Hi Folks: > > CA> 1) I'm having a devil of a time with blown highlights, especially in > CA> challenging lighting situations. I've been trying to teach myself the > Zone > CA> System--and I think I've got the gist of it. But for street > photography, > CA> things get a bit rushed, so, as I've learned, I should quickly spot > meter > CA> for a mid-tone, lock in exposure, then reframe, focus & shoot. What do > you > CA> guys consider to be mid-tones in color? > > CA> 2) I'm trying to train my eye to visualize, but it's slow going. Any > tips > CA> for faster learning? > > CA> 3) Also, I've been metering for highlights more, then using Lightroom > to > CA> bump up the shadows, which seems to work, but does anyone have any > other > CA> suggestions? > > CA> 4) Also, virtually 99.9% of the time I have to bump up the "Lights" > in > CA> Lightroom to anywhere from +10 - +39. No bid deal, but is there > something I > CA> should be doing in-camera to avoid this. I wonder if the K20D, with > it's > CA> EDR, eliminates this? Any thoughts. I'm actually thinking of making > a > CA> develop preset to do the things I seem to do repeatedly when > processing in > CA> Lightroom, but thought I'd touch base here 1st. > > CA> Big cheers, Christine > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
