There are MANY other listers who have gotten much further back in the editing book than I. Masking and layers are things I've very little experience with, but may be your answer.
Jack --- On Mon, 8/9/10, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Peso Decisions > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 6:07 AM > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Jack > Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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. > > I have LR and PS. Maybe i should be using PS for these > instead of LR. > > > Aside from the histogram, do you set up your LCD to > flash to indicate both over and under exposure? > > Yes i do. No matter what i do, the peanuts seem to have > some blinking > highlites to them. Thats the perplexing part. > > I'm not giving up though.;-) > > Dave > > > Dave > > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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.
