As Shel said, every shot is different. This particular shot has a large
amount of black area. The meter of course is dumb and doesn't know
that. This is definitely a case where you would want to add more
exposure to an averaging or even matrix meter reading. I would gues
that an incident or gray card meter reading would be about plus one
from the camera's meter.
On Apr 15, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Well, Boris, the latitude is there, it just may be that the strong
Israeli
sun creates a much greater contrast range than in other parts of the
world.
OTOH, my comment was made with the idea of including post processing as
part of the scheme. Not knowing what programs you're using, or what
your
skill level is with that program, it's hard for anyone sitting half way
around the world from you to know what the full potential is for you in
Israel.
That said - and I don't mean it to be a slight in any way - every
scene is
different, even where the sun may not shine so brightly. And the
choice of
exposure is also decided by how you want to present the final
photograph.
That's been a constant regardless of what kind of film you shoot, or
if you
use a DSLR.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Boris Liberman
Interesting picture, Shel. I am surprised to read your opinion about
latitude of RAW... I still think that (well, at least in Israel, where
sun is very strong) it is more like shooting slide even in RAW
format...
In fact, the highlights are so strong that I set my *istD to -2/3 EV
compensation as a matter of course.
Obviously, my mileage is different than yours ;-).
Boris
