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"Martin Djernæs" wrote in message
... Hi Alan, Thanks again for you information. You have helped me a lot with this thread and I'll try to use this information next time I'm at a "good location". Alan Browne wrote: But read Bandicoot's "Exposing Velvia" reply before you take my advice. Esp. where he talks about allowing a stop under exp in the foreground so the shot does not look aretificial (unless you *want* that artificial shot, of course!) I read that thread as well, and have also noted his tips. Martin Hope we didn't disagree too much! Peter |
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"Martin Djernæs" wrote in message
... Hi Alan, Thanks again for you information. You have helped me a lot with this thread and I'll try to use this information next time I'm at a "good location". Alan Browne wrote: But read Bandicoot's "Exposing Velvia" reply before you take my advice. Esp. where he talks about allowing a stop under exp in the foreground so the shot does not look aretificial (unless you *want* that artificial shot, of course!) I read that thread as well, and have also noted his tips. Martin Hope we didn't disagree too much! Peter |
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Bandicoot wrote:
Hope we didn't disagree too much! Well, I don't think so, but it's really hard for us beginners to "guess" the where to place an item in the 4-5 stop avalible. I understand your idea about having the sky one stop (or more) lighter than the rest. This is a good starting point for me. Alan also give some good starting points in saying that he would open up 1 2/3 after meetering the white of the mountain (I think I meetered, parial, the top of the mountain using a 300mm lense and placed that at +1.5 - my camera only do half stops). Given my five stops (actually I start thinking that it only was four) from the mountain to the trees I could have, using your rule I could have used a 4 stop (or 3) grad. Well I only have a 2 stop grad, which would have helped me getting a better image than what I got,but I didn't use it - I didn't "see" the way to use it when "seing" the scene. This is what expierence is all about, but thanks to the both of you for helping me see the reasons behind the result. Martin |
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Dmitry wrote:
Hi All, I just shot my first roll of Velvia on my new (secondhand) F80. I loved the colours, and the detail, especially on some close up flower shots. However, the images were all underexposed. Very dark in the shadows with little or no detail. I was using Aperture Priority mostly, so the camera was choosing a shutter speed to provide what it thought was a correct exposure. I was using 3d matrix metering and mostly taking shots outside. I let the camera choose the film speed via dx. Is this normal? Is there a rule of thumb for getting a more even exposure? Should I bracket my next film? you can try it, it coudl hardly hurt. I hope this isn't a dumb question, I'm new to photography, not just velvia. Any thoughts appreciated, Marc -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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Dmitry wrote:
Hi All, I just shot my first roll of Velvia on my new (secondhand) F80. I loved the colours, and the detail, especially on some close up flower shots. However, the images were all underexposed. Very dark in the shadows with little or no detail. I was using Aperture Priority mostly, so the camera was choosing a shutter speed to provide what it thought was a correct exposure. I was using 3d matrix metering and mostly taking shots outside. I let the camera choose the film speed via dx. Is this normal? Is there a rule of thumb for getting a more even exposure? Should I bracket my next film? you can try it, it coudl hardly hurt. I hope this isn't a dumb question, I'm new to photography, not just velvia. Any thoughts appreciated, Marc -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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