On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:24 -0400, "David J Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually do a few test shots before the birds show up for breakfast. > I get decent looking histograms, but i can see in the lcd monitor the > peanuts looking to bright. I usually have to dial in a lot of - EV > then every thing looks way to under exposed. I have thought that maybe > the concrete slab might be adding qa bit of glare and throwing off the > exposure,, but the AM shoots are usually in shade, getting diffused > light. > > Its perplexing for sure. >
Dave What about blending two images. Take one exposed for the bird feeder and the other exposed for the bird (presuming it reappears). A little bit of layers and masking in post should produce the perfect exposure. At least that's the theory.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > Dave > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is the exposure, perhaps, the result of being taken from a background > > shadow or...? To avoid the dreaded "clipping", I often lock in a quick > > meter reading taken from something slightly lighter than the main subject. > > When shooting wildlife, however, one seldom has the chance to fiddle with > > various exposures. It's something that must be anticipated and be a part of > > the preset. > > I keep a -1/2 preset. I've heard of some doing such to speed up the > > shutter, thereby, reducing noise grain. Seems any effect would be > > largely/wholly imaginary. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Peso Decisions > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:34 AM > >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:26 AM, > >> Christine Aguila > >> <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > A good moment caught, Dave. The blue jay looks > >> great! If you use > >> > Lightroom, did you try the recover slider on the nuts? > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> Yep. It is now at 100%. and i needed to do a -0.43 exposure > >> to loose > >> the clipping.Every time i try the birds here, be it peanuts > >> or > >> saphhire?? seeds, the main body of the photo is fine for > >> exposure and > >> the seeds/nuts are always burnt out. > >> > >> LR 2 BTW > >> -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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.
