Chuck wrote
> I don't agree with your conclusion about digital and backlit vegetation.
> But you must recognize that (unlike negative film) digital is totally
> unforgiving about overexposure. It's much more like shooting slide film
> in that respect. Pay careful attention to the RGB histogram and, if
> shooting JPEG, don't let any color channel bump up against the right hand
> edge. Shooting raw will give you some more leeway but, even then, caution
> and post-processing for highlight recovery will be required.
Yes I agree with the observation that digital is rather like using slide film.
Funny thing, I never use the histogram facility.
Sometimes if I think the balance of light and dark needs special
management, I will take the exposure reading from what I guess is an OK
midpoint, but seldom do more than that.
I doubt that there was anything I could do to get that trellis apricot (
formerly
called apple) shot in good condition with digital; when you look closely there
is so much wrong with it if you want to be fussy.
For a while after seeing this result, I DID shoot some RAW + JPG in these
sorts of conditions.
I noticed that when opened with Fast-stone, the two versions of each one
shot looked quite different.
Then I discovered that none of the programs I have recognise (or do
anything with) ORF files; not even Raw Therapee; so I gave up the game as
a bad job since it was using up a ridiculous amount of disk space.
I am away from home at the moment and it will be a few days before I can
scan and display the Fuji Superia Reala 100 asa equivalent shots. It will be
interesting to see how that little exercise goes. I have to brave snow and icy
roads to get home ...
Not to forget I am fed up with being cold much of the time ... 5 days off the
shortest day here.
Cheers, Brian
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