I like summer solstice and the second babylon.
Hello everybody
I do have a little more free time now and I will try to answer all of you.
Thank you for posting in this thread. It is a pleasure to see so many different perspectives and scenarios through you all.
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I have Mark a third option: Bracketing exposures. I could remember this after I wrote about your picture but I couldn't do it or didn't feel like because I was a little tired.
On the second paragraph I told you to "Measure partially the light to the sky and to the "land" looking at the histogram and adjusting accordingly." and I will explain what I usually do in situations like these.
In fact, I do it by guessing. I frame half sky / half "land" and I push the button to lock the exposure.
I frame correctly, shoot and chimp.
If the sky is flashing then the picture is over exposed for the sky and it will be burned in the final.
I begin the process again but framing less sky.
Again, I frame correctly, shoot and chimp.
I do it over and over until I get a picture where the sky is not flashing and I have a decent histogram.
As I am used to do this I guess at sight the amount of sky to frame for the measurement.
However, I sometime leave the sky flashing a little bit because I have learned that it comes out OK in the software. Just a bit of flashing, not too much. Careful.
Bracketing is another different story which requires a tripod.
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Azz thank you for posting
Don't you think that the image would benefit from contrast and clarity ? May be it would be better, I guess.
I personally would like to have less vignetting.
Scotland... Nice place
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Don't you think that the image would benefit from contrast and clarity ? May be it would be better, I guess.
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Nice place
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Yes Peter, yes.
I would have captured a broader crop on the second image...
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Thank you for posting dnomyar. Your way of presenting the pictures is quite different from mine for example. It's nice ...
Hi Antonio,
Interesting how we do the common things in different ways, here's my method, but I'm not saying it is any better
I shoot Aperture Priority with the metering set to centre weighted, also bear in mind the subject is often a bird, ranging from a Mute Swan (very white) to a Cormorant (very black).
Depending how big the bird is in the V/F **, its colour (brightness) with respect to the frame size and the background brightness (white clouds, blue sky, dark trees, pale reeds) I guess an initial Exposure Compensation to apply to the image. This might be anything from plus to minus 1.5 stops, but usually 0.5 or 1 stop.
I then set the most appropriate single focus point on typically the eye(s) and take the shot (often several if the subject is moving) without re-framing (because I am reliant on AF).
Then I chimp and adjust the EC up or down (if need be) for a second batch - if the subject is still around to be photographed that is.
Of course, when a new subject presents itslef too soon, I end up starting with the EC set for a Swan while photographing a Cormorant and get a lot of incorrectly exposed pictures
** If the Swan is small in V/F frame -EC is needed to stop it blowing highlights, but if it fills the V/F frame, it needs +EC to stop it under exposing.
I get by, despite my weird methods
PS I don't know why they call them Mute Swans, they seem capable of making quite a lot of noise if they get upset (usually with each other - they're very territorial)
Two nice shots Steve.
I have one suggestion; I'd clone out the 1/4 person visible behind the post on right hand side, or possibly better still, ask them to stand at the left hand edge of the staircase, right at the top.
I like the composition on both, but the second is my favourite.
Cheers,
Cheers Dave; I'm a bit more comfortable with a wider lens.
Dave is right. This one is better than the other.
And Steve, if you feel comfortable with the wide angle why don't you explore the situation in your own favor ? Shoot more often with the lens.
This way you will get used to it (if you are not already) and get better result.
Thank you for posting
Also posted here
For some really good pics.
http://thenma.org.uk
I've got a tripod exactly like that Antonio, it is used for lights and brolly now