On Aug 28, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >>>> 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.
The highlights are insignificant background elements.With film, exposing for highlights is okay. With digital, it's a no-no, because boosting shadows turns them to shit. In any case, boosting the shadows during exposure is the best solution here. Paul > >> >> >>> 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. -- 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.
