On Aug 28, 2010, at 7:35 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Bob W 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> I would shoot at the sensor's 'natural' iso - 100, 160 or whatever, >>>> which will give you the most dynamic range. Meter for the highlights >>>> and use the histogram to make sure you're exposing as far to the right >> as >>> you can. >>> >>> If she meters for the highlights in this situation, she'll have nice pics >> of the >>> background, but the main subjects will be lost. If she pumps up the >> shadows >>> to restore them, they'll be noisy as hell. >>> Paul >> >> it's a trade-off between that and blown highlights. > > The highlights are insignificant background elements.With film, exposing for > highlights is okay. With digital, it's a no-no, because boosting shadows > turns them to shit. In any case, boosting the shadows during exposure is the > best solution here. > Paul > I meant to say, boosting the shadows during exposure with flash is the best solution here. Given the distances, one is not likely to overlight them. But a simple check of the results and adjustment of flash exposure comp can control that. Paul
>> >>> >>> >>>> Then >>>> use LR to pull the shadows to the left if that's needed. If you do >>>> this you will ensure the maximum range without blowing out the >>>> highlights. If the shadows turn to black then you've lost less then >>>> you would if you hadn't expoised to the right. >>>> >>>> If you want detail in the shadows then you need to be very careful >>>> that you exclude extreme highlights from the frame. It's the same as >>>> shooting slides, except for the histogram trick. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
