On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:08 -0400, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: > Zooming for a spot metering is a good idea, but probably wouldn't have > helped much in this case as I was using the A*300mm and AF 1.7x adapter, > (~510mm), and was already as tightly framed as I was going to get. (If > you hover your mouse over the photo, most browsers will give an > information blurb with the equipment used, I'm thoughtful like that, > sometimes).
I have the Exif Viewer add on for Firefox installed but, of course, that only works if the exif data hasn't been stripped. Using the link's "title" attribute like that is a good idea. I might steal it.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > On 7/7/2011 11:29 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > HI Peter: Sometimes if you zoom in tight with a telephoto lens, > > excluding any white backgrounds, you can get a better reading with the > > spot meter. Still, that's a tough shot to make. Flash fill can help, > > or you have to dial in 2 extra stops of EV. Cheers, Christine > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" > > <[email protected]> > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:55 PM > > Subject: PESO -- On the lighter side. > > > > > >> Various organizations spend a lot of money to build stands in marsh > >> environments for Osprey to nest in, this one had other ideas... > >> > >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20ontheligherside.html > >> > >> Notes: My major peeve about the K20D is it's tendency to seriously > >> underexpose when photographing almost anything against a bright > >> background. In this case I dialed in 1 1/3 stops of extra exposure > >> and I still had to really push to get any detail at all in the bird > >> it's nest and the field lights. > >> > >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > >> > >> -- > >> Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering > >> Kaboom! > >> > >> --Marvin the Martian. > >> > >> -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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.
