I've considered what you're suggesting. I keep returning to the spot exposure with this fantasy that I can/may hit a frame or two of ideal exposure. With BIF, I want to eliminate the sky background as much as possible.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 6:51 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail You did very well considering. I find that when doing this type of shooting that using evaluative metering and biasing exposure to about 1.3 stops works better than the Wspot meter, but then again I'm still using the K20D, I could never recover a shot fro On 1/8/2013 12:41 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Posting this due to the hawk's completely accidental dynamic pose. Actually > had forgotten to set continuous shutter, so only got a couple shots in. > The hawk was very dark due, I'm sure, to the spot metering having caught a > bit of the bright sky. > Not displeased, however, at what the K-5's DR allowed me to bring out. > Shot 1/7/13 > C & C welcome > Jack > K-5, 1/5000, ISO 800, f/8 > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=665 > -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- 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.
