My first reaction now when faced with subjects in shade but with a sunny
background is... don't take the picture there. But if you can't avoid
it I try to bring the foreground brightness up with flash such that the
background is about 1/2 stop brighter. Even brightness is risky, lesser
brightness on a sunlit background causes the brain to cry "fake". But
you can't leave the subject in deep shadow so 1/2 stop over on the
background is OK.
Chuck Norcutt
C.H.Ling wrote:
> Chuck, I totally agree with you, I only make minor adjustment for foreground
> compensation. Any server adjustment will give artificial look, a slightly
> under exposed subject doesn't really matter if it match with the scene well.
> I would say I like the original version much more.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>
>
>> IMHO you've improved the girl but I think you'd have had a better
>> overall image by leaving the background brightness alone. Seeing the
>> girl standout more brightly than an obviously brightly sunlit background
>> gives an artificial appearance.
>>
>> I learned this lesson the hard way a number of years ago when taking
>> some formal family group photos. It was the height of fall color and
>> the family chose a spot in a shaded area at the edge of a lake where the
>> trees at the far side of the lake were in brilliant late afternoon sun.
>> Dr. Flash's advice on fill flash was erroneous and the subjects came
>> out slightly brighter than the background. The eye tries to make sense
>> of that and the effect was to make the whole beautiful scene look like
>> it was shot in a studio with a fall photo as a backdrop. Flat and
>> lifeless. Ugh! Post processing fixed it up a lot but it didn't really
>> look like it should have.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Moose wrote:
>>
>>> Aaaaargh! That is so beautiful that I resisted when posted before. I
>>> just wanted to see that perfect young skin glow and the light center of
>>> the image on her face. A different image, but I like it a great deal
>>> too. http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Bernakiewicz/girl-2-s.htm
>>>> http://www.myfourthirds.com/document.php?id=24925 f5,6
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