Hello Christine, I've found that NOT blowing the highlights works best <grin>. Seems that you are treading into territory that has long been one of the most important to photographers from way back. If you ever shot slide film, the digital issues would feel similar - not exactly the same, but the range and exactness are much the same. Print film allowed us to get rather sloppy.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:10:52 AM, you wrote: CA> Hi Folks: CA> 1) I'm having a devil of a time with blown highlights, especially in CA> challenging lighting situations. I've been trying to teach myself the Zone CA> System--and I think I've got the gist of it. But for street photography, CA> things get a bit rushed, so, as I've learned, I should quickly spot meter CA> for a mid-tone, lock in exposure, then reframe, focus & shoot. What do you CA> guys consider to be mid-tones in color? CA> 2) I'm trying to train my eye to visualize, but it's slow going. Any tips CA> for faster learning? CA> 3) Also, I've been metering for highlights more, then using Lightroom to CA> bump up the shadows, which seems to work, but does anyone have any other CA> suggestions? CA> 4) Also, virtually 99.9% of the time I have to bump up the "Lights" in CA> Lightroom to anywhere from +10 - +39. No bid deal, but is there something I CA> should be doing in-camera to avoid this. I wonder if the K20D, with it's CA> EDR, eliminates this? Any thoughts. I'm actually thinking of making a CA> develop preset to do the things I seem to do repeatedly when processing in CA> Lightroom, but thought I'd touch base here 1st. CA> 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.
