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February 29, 2008 - Friday 

Category: Art and Photography

One of our memebers needs some advice:


 

"I have a question to my fellow photographers... the sea in the background was a beautiful turquoise and was disappointed when it didn't come out in this picture. How do I get shots like this where in shade it doesn't white-out the view beyond the shade? I also don't have a fancy computer package to add anything like that back in afterwards and want to get it right first time.
Camera and settings used
Sony Cybershot DSC-F707
F-Stop f/2.3
Exposure time 1/500
Exposure Bias +0.7
Focal length 21 mm
Metering mode Pattern
No flash
Max Aperture 2.0625"


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nick squires photography

 
this is really hard to accomplish without software or darkroom. if you have the time (this guy doesn't look like he's moving too fast) you can use some elements of the zone system to reach a balance between the light and the dark areas. this is a great article, and while it's written for film photography and for someone who has a darkroom, the exposure side of the zone system is something that will be of great help digitally for a lot of applications. hope this helped.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/zone_system.shtml
 
Posted by nick squires photography on March 1, 2008 - Saturday - 3:37 AM
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Hannah

 
That is a great article - all your comments helpwed, thanks Ian, Mark and Nick
 
Posted by Hannah on March 2, 2008 - Sunday - 10:22 AM
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