I went ahead and set up my K-x to display the histogram and light/dark
regions, though I do typically do try to under-expose to be on the safe
side, and partly because I tend to prefer deeper shadows in my images at
the risk of losing of some detail.
It's a quirk.
Thanks for the input!
-- Walt
On 3/19/2012 8:57 AM, [email protected] wrote:
You should also be monitoring the in camera histogram if you can -
making sure you aren't blowing out that particular highlight color R,
G or B ie the specific curve is not cut off on the RH side.
If you can't monitor the histogram (I don't remember what camera body
you're shooting with) continue to go for slightly underexposed, cause
once the highlights are blown out you've lost any data in that area
while you can recover modestly under exposed features.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Gilbert" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Daffy Day
Hmm. I guess I'm using the wrong exposure mode, but I always seem to
get severely blown highlights when I try to shoot them. The last time
I tried, I set exposure compensation at -1 and /still/ managed to get
some blown highlights.
I may have had it set to spot metering.
-- Walt
On 3/18/2012 8:11 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
No secret here. I shoot RAW with the K-5 in multi-point exposure
mode. I think I had it set to +0.3 exposure comp, then some minor
tweaking in conversion.
Paul
On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
On 3/18/2012 3:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
The first daffodil bloomed today. Earliest by at least ten days
for my 20 years in Michigan, and within a day of the earliest I
ever saw them in New Jersey. After hundreds of daffodil pics,
tried for a bit of a different look here. Had the DA* 60-250
mounted, so I used it. f11, IS) 400, 1/250th, 250 mm.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15378457
Paul, I don't know how you do it.
I have the hardest time trying to get a decent exposure on yellow
daffodils.
What's the big secret?
-- Walt
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