On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > I went ahead and set up my K-x to display the histogram and light/dark > regions,
You'll be happy you did this. I live for histograms Dave > > -- 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
