You need an editor that allows you to adjust either highlights or shadows without affecting the total image. A handy tool for adjusting the lighting in other parts of the image is by dragging the mid-range contrast slider. Aside from the histogram, do you set up your LCD to flash to indicate both over and under exposure?
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, 4:24 PM > 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 > > 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 > >> > >> Dave > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J > Brooks" > >> <[email protected]> > >> > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[email protected]>; > >> "Barbara Brooks" <[email protected]>; > >> > "Petch Dianne" <[email protected]> > >> > Cc: "Home Sarah" <[email protected]>; > >> "Conley Leah" > >> > <[email protected]>; > >> "Smillie Dale" <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:17 AM > >> > Subject: Peso Decisions > >> > > >> > > >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11396892 > >> >> > >> >> Again problems with the nuts burned out. > >> >> > >> >> K10D D FA 50-200 > >> >> > >> >> Comments welcome > >> >> ' > >> >> Dave > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> 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. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
