> > >> I'm going to plung into this project for the next year. I want to > > photograph > >> people under the el tracks downtown. > >> > >> I would like to know how folks might meter for this project. > >> > >> The 1st 3 photos were taken with the K20D last year, and from the sax > > player > >> on those photos were taken with the K7 this year. All photos were at > >> ISO > >> 1600 except the sax player, which was 800. You can see I've some > > challanges > >> with light and shadow. > >> > >> All 7 photos here are *as shot* except for correction to level > >> allignment > > for > >> the K20D shots. > >> > >> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/trackstest > >> > > > > I would shoot at the sensor's 'natural' iso - 100, 160 or whatever, > > which will give you the most dynamic range. Meter for the highlights > > and use the histogram to make sure you're exposing as far to the right as > you can. > > If she meters for the highlights in this situation, she'll have nice pics of the > background, but the main subjects will be lost. If she pumps up the shadows > to restore them, they'll be noisy as hell. > Paul
it's a trade-off between that and blown highlights. > > > > Then > > use LR to pull the shadows to the left if that's needed. If you do > > this you will ensure the maximum range without blowing out the > > highlights. If the shadows turn to black then you've lost less then > > you would if you hadn't expoised to the right. > > > > If you want detail in the shadows then you need to be very careful > > that you exclude extreme highlights from the frame. It's the same as > > shooting slides, except for the histogram trick. > > > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
