This is were Paul comes in,.:-) Dave
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote: > There was a hotrod show in Scotts Valley today (about 5 miles from my > house). I figured that it would be a good opportunity to park the > racecar near the show, with the "for sale" signs prominantly > displayed. > > I didn't get any nibbles on my racecar, but I spent some time > wandering about with my K20 and 18-250. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622125850288/ > > Getting decent exposures when shooting cars in full sunlight is pretty > challenging. The specular reflections will just blow out, and > if you try to expose for the highlights, then everything else is so > underexposed as to be useless. > > Short of carrying fill reflectors, or dealing with a fill flash, is > there anything that can be done? Or is it simply a case that if you > want good shots of a shiny hotrod with lots of chrome, you're going to > have to do it in shade, or spend a lot of work, or both? > > > -- > The first step is learning to take great photos, > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
