Christine - this looks like an interesting project for many reasons. I can't give you any specifics, but here are a few things to think about.
This is a situation where shooting in raw can be very helpful. You'll be able to squeeze more dynamic range from your images with raw originals. Maybe a stop or two. The new processing engine and noise reduction in the latest versions of Adobe Camera Raw and/or Lightroom have made a big difference when shooting at high ISO settings. I'm feeling like I can safely go at least 1 full stop higher with the new software. This is also one of those situations where a "correct" exposure is defined by you and only you. Even with Matrix metering, this isn't exactly an average situation. This might be one of those times when you consider experimenting with the spot metering option. This is a challenging situation and I'm looking forward to following your progress. Thanks, gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to plung into this project for the next year. I want to photograph > people under the el tracks downtown. > > I would like to know how folks might meter for this project. > > The 1st 3 photos were taken with the K20D last year, and from the sax player > on those photos were taken with the K7 this year. All photos were at ISO > 1600 except the sax player, which was 800. You can see I've some challanges > with light and shadow. > > All 7 photos here are *as shot* except for correction to level allignment > for the K20D shots. > > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/trackstest > > Big thanks, 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.
