I know, the 18% gray is what I can use to restore detail as I chose. You're right, spot metering is truly a wing shooting sport. I use it for the occasional (OK, rare) accidental direct hit. Seems it would have been ideal in Peter's case.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 11:05:55 AM Subject: Re: PESO(s) I have but one Egret... Spot metering on the body would yield a bird that's 18 percent gray. Of course it's easy to bring out the white in conversion. But spot metering is not always practical with a moving target. I wouldn't go that way. Paul via phone > On Oct 4, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > It doesn't have a very dark background, so matrix worked fairly well. I'd > guess that > had you used spot metering on it's body, you would have gained the desired > additional feather detail. > I do think it's a good shot as is. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> > To: "PDML" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 9:37:27 AM > Subject: Re: PESO(s) I have but one Egret... > > Matrix Metering was what I used. > >> On 10/3/2014 11:14 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >> I've noticed, Paul, that in recent years you've had better luck reducing >> clipped whites. >> I agree that matrix metering would help. >> >> Jack >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> >> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 4:44:02 PM >> Subject: Re: PESO(s) I have but one Egret... >> >> Odd. I use the full matrix metering on both the k-5 and k-3 when shooting >> egrets, and I haven’t blown one out in recent years. Generally, white >> objects will slightly underexpose because a dumb meter considers them >> neutral. I’ve shot them both against a bright sky and against dark water and >> shrubs. No blow outs. I don’t believe I used exposure comp on any of the >> shots. I do shoot RAW and usually pull down highlights in conversion. >> >> Paul >>> On Oct 3, 2014, at 7:20 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> P.J. You don't indicate the focus metering. Could it have been other than >>> spot? >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> >>> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 4:05:11 PM >>> Subject: PESO(s) I have but one Egret... >>> >>> But three views. I always blow out the highlights, even dialed in -2 >>> stops of exposure. >>> >>> The first two are about 1/2 to 2/3 frame crops. >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20fishin.html >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20caught.html >>> >>> The last is the full frame >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---backtofishin.html >>> >>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (Komine) >>> >>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>> >>> -- >>> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >>> immortality through not dying. >>> -- Woody Allen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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.
