On 3/20/2010 5:03 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> We've had so little sunshine this week that the Daffodils are hanging their
>> heads in despair!
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Daffodil+3.jpg
>>
> A really nice study, Jim. The lack of sunshine has ensured no blown-out
> highlights. Nice detail and effective composition.
>
I agree on points 1 and 3.
As to #2, Brian, I find your continuing difficulties and many comments
on the problem of blowing highlights puzzling.
I and others here have commented on the differences between shooting
film and digital, often giving details and examples. Sure there are are
circumstances with moving subjects in highly contrasty light where
controlling for highlights is either impractical, or even undesirable,
as a matter of artistic choice. With landscapes and still lifes, though,
there really shouldn't be a problem.
Here are some daffodils intentionally shot in full sun - no blown
highlights.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=IATMS&image=_MG_9062cria.jpg>
Your camera's meter may not know the correct exposure, assuredly won't
in some situations. That's what histograms and either EV compensation or
manual settings are for.
I did have to cheat, in a way.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=IATMS&image=_MG_9060cria.jpg>
No daffodils in the yard or on my street, so I took some off the coffee
table and out in the sun. Bad bokeh, I know. Like some other macros,
this 90/2.8 gets ugly at certain combinations of subject and background
distance.
Here's a landscape where the blown highlights are intentional. Detail in
the light around the sun would give a different look than I wanted.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Miscellaneous&image=_MG_9023ia.jpg>
Here, I'd like not to have blown the bright reflection on the tuna's
back. But capturing the moment of reflection off the surface, the
limitations of a very dark overall environment (wide open @ 1/40 for a
moving animal) and the more limited dynamic range at ISO 1600 made it
impossible.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Miscellaneous&image=_MG_8791cria.jpg>
Still, I was happy to get the shot at all.
Moose
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