You're shooting RAW PEP's or DNG's I hope. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks: > > 1) I'm having a devil of a time with blown highlights, especially in > challenging lighting situations. I've been trying to teach myself the Zone > System--and I think I've got the gist of it. But for street photography, > things get a bit rushed, so, as I've learned, I should quickly spot meter > for a mid-tone, lock in exposure, then reframe, focus & shoot. What do you > guys consider to be mid-tones in color? > > 2) I'm trying to train my eye to visualize, but it's slow going. Any tips > for faster learning? > > 3) Also, I've been metering for highlights more, then using Lightroom to > bump up the shadows, which seems to work, but does anyone have any other > suggestions? > > 4) Also, virtually 99.9% of the time I have to bump up the "Lights" in > Lightroom to anywhere from +10 - +39. No bid deal, but is there something I > should be doing in-camera to avoid this. I wonder if the K20D, with it's > EDR, eliminates this? Any thoughts. I'm actually thinking of making a > develop preset to do the things I seem to do repeatedly when processing in > Lightroom, but thought I'd touch base here 1st. > > Big cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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