The faint streak on the right side makes the photo...........to me.
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> On April 3, 2017 at 1:29 AM Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 3/31/2017 11:24 PM, ChrisB wrote:
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> > >
> > Very nice, Moose.
> >
> > >
> Thanks!
>
> > >
> > It’s interesting that red is no longer such a problem.
> >
> > >
> Well, it's not been an insurmountable problem for me for many years. But
> it still requires attention and action when
> taking the shot. And I believe that will likely remain true for a long
> time. It's been around for a looong time, too,
> with the narrow DR and unforgiving cutoff of Kodachrome and other
> reversal films. It's certainly not new to digital,
> although details are different.
>
> Browsing through the endless shots I took Friday, I see some small red
> flowers caught in the sun, against a dark
> background. That fools even the sophisticated ESP metering of the E-M5
> II. Spot metering isn't any use, either, as the
> flowers themselves are slender. As I'm composing @ 600 mm eq., getting
> the spot in just the right place isn't easy;
> things bounce around without IS and tend to jump in discrete steps with
> IS on.
>
> The first exposure, at my sunlight default of -0.7 EV, is hopelessly
> blown, second, @ -1.3 might be usable, in a pinch,
> but maybe not. The choice will be between -3.7 and -4.7 EV shots.
>
> Yup, -4.7 EV is the winner.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21761>
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> That doesn't mean I am underexposing the flowers, but that I avoid
> overexposing them to cater to AE's efforts to avoid
> making the background dark. But a dark background is exactly what I saw,
> and wanted to capture.
>
> Pay that sort of attention, and red is easy to handle. The over and under
> exposure indications in the EVF are a great help.
>
> Red Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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