On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > You need an editor that allows you to adjust either highlights or shadows > without affecting the total image. A handy tool for adjusting the lighting in > other parts of the image is by dragging the mid-range contrast slider.
I have LR and PS. Maybe i should be using PS for these instead of LR. > Aside from the histogram, do you set up your LCD to flash to indicate both > over and under exposure? Yes i do. No matter what i do, the peanuts seem to have some blinking highlites to them. Thats the perplexing part. I'm not giving up though.;-) Dave Dave > > Jack > > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Peso Decisions >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 4:24 PM >> I usually do a few test shots before >> the birds show up for breakfast. >> I get decent looking histograms, but i can see in the lcd >> monitor the >> peanuts looking to bright. I usually have to dial in a lot >> of - EV >> then every thing looks way to under exposed. I have thought >> that maybe >> the concrete slab might be adding qa bit of glare and >> throwing off the >> exposure,, but the AM shoots are usually in shade, getting >> diffused >> light. >> >> Its perplexing for sure. >> >> Dave >> >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > Is the exposure, perhaps, the result of being taken >> from a background shadow or...? To avoid the dreaded >> "clipping", I often lock in a quick meter reading taken from >> something slightly lighter than the main subject. When >> shooting wildlife, however, one seldom has the chance to >> fiddle with various exposures. It's something that must be >> anticipated and be a part of the preset. >> > I keep a -1/2 preset. I've heard of some doing such to >> speed up the shutter, thereby, reducing noise grain. Seems >> any effect would be largely/wholly imaginary. >> > >> > Jack >> > >> > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> From: David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> >> >> Subject: Re: Peso Decisions >> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> >> Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:34 AM >> >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:26 AM, >> >> Christine Aguila >> >> <cagu...@earthlink.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> > A good moment caught, Dave. The blue jay >> looks >> >> great! If you use >> >> > Lightroom, did you try the recover slider on >> the nuts? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> Yep. It is now at 100%. and i needed to do a -0.43 >> exposure >> >> to loose >> >> the clipping.Every time i try the birds here, be >> it peanuts >> >> or >> >> saphhire?? seeds, the main body of the photo is >> fine for >> >> exposure and >> >> the seeds/nuts are always burnt out. >> >> >> >> LR 2 BTW >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J >> Brooks" >> >> <pentko...@gmail.com> >> >> > To: "Pentax Discuss" <pdml@pdml.net>; >> >> "Barbara Brooks" <bbaro...@gmail.com>; >> >> > "Petch Dianne" <dianne.pe...@yahoo.com> >> >> > Cc: "Home Sarah" <sarah.h...@firstgroup.com>; >> >> "Conley Leah" >> >> > <leah.con...@firstgroup.com>; >> >> "Smillie Dale" <dale.smil...@firstgroup.com> >> >> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:17 AM >> >> > Subject: Peso Decisions >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11396892 >> >> >> >> >> >> Again problems with the nuts burned out. >> >> >> >> >> >> K10D D FA 50-200 >> >> >> >> >> >> Comments welcome >> >> >> ' >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> >> >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> >> >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > 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. >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
