On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 29 August 2010 09:55, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did suggest later in my original reply that Christine should be looking to >> exclude highlights from the frame when the contrast is too great. Personally >> I would try to avoid shooting under such extreme ranges of contrast unless I >> was deliberately trying to make something of them. > > This is similar to my perspective, basically shoot with significant > highlights behind if you want to achieve silhouettes, otherwise flash > fill would be a requisite otherwise the highlights will become a > significant distraction IMO. Flash fill probably isn't desirable given > the project outline.
I think flash fill is the obvious answer. You'll rarely find a pro PJ photographer shooting in daylight without a good flash mounted. It's the best way to bring light to the foreground. Paul > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.

