Getting a page not found ... Which camera are you using?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/29/2005 1:35:25 AM > Subject: Burned sky, underexposed subject > > At http://users.adelphia.net/daoswald/ you can see a few shots I snapped > today in Chinatown, Los Angeles. These were shot as RAW and coerced > into jpegs after a little postprocessing. This was the first time I've > taken exclusively RAW images. After initial RAW processing, I didn't > re-touch them as jpegs, other than to size them down to web-friendly. > > Notice the overly-bright sky, and underexposed subjects. I could adjust > the midtones with the Levels tool, but I left them as-is to demonstrate > my point. > > The point here is that this seems to be an all too typical result with > DSLR's, at least for me. I can pick and choose; either the subject is > exposed properly (and the sky hopelessly burned out), or the sky is at > least kept within gamut (though still a little bright) resulting in > underexposed midtones. > > Aside from underexposing EVERYTHING, and then postprocessing to pull out > shadow detail, is there anything I can do in-camera to improve my > exposures? > > Please excuse the boring subjects; I was just snapping away to tinker > with exposure, not really paying attention to finding the one great shot. > > Dave
