Hi Rob,
So when you say you "compromise between the fire and the subjects"
I assume that you metered off both and then picked setting between them?
Thanks
Hi,
>From: "Rob Studdert" Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fire photography Date: Wed, 11 Apr
>2001 08:54:07 +1000
>
>On 10 Apr 2001, at 9:45, PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
>
> > Hi Tiger, > Metering for the objects near the fire would probably work
>in daylight. But if it's a night scene, as most fire photogaphs are, and
>you meter for the objects near the fire, they will be properly exposed, but
>the flames will be overexposed. One would encounter the same thing shooting
>a "ball-in- frame" sunset. If you meter for the landscape, the sun will be
>a burned out hole in the film.
>
>I have an example following where I metered for a compromise between the
>fire and the subjects that it was illuminating, the film was 400ISO print,
>f1.4 at about 30th hand held. The Leica body is all manual with semi-spot
>TTL metering.
>
>The other interesting thing about this image (it is pretty average
>otherwise) is the flare which is evident across the left of the frame. The
>lens was a new Leica-M ASPH Summilux 35m f1.4, reputedly one of the most
>flare resistant in the current Leica M line-up :-(
>
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~geroc/35ASPHlux-m_flare.jpg
>
>Cheers,
>
>Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259
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