Exposure issue?
Mar 23, 2016 11:52:40 #
dandi
Loc: near Seattle, WA
tommckibbin wrote:
Have two Nikons. D3200 and D40X. Shoot mainly birds with 55-300DX. Having problems with birds which have white parts on them which are showing up rather pronounced and shiny. Best way I can put it really. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, Tom.
Try to use spot metering exposing for the white parts.
Or matrix metering + exposure compensation.
Mar 23, 2016 11:53:13 #
tommckibbin
Loc: Liverpool, England.
Indeed I do. Know how that works. Will give it a go tomorrow. Thanks.
Mar 23, 2016 11:53:37 #
Mar 23, 2016 11:54:20 #
tommckibbin wrote:
It's not the birds. It's a light issue.
Correctemundo. Adjust exposure compensation (decrease) in camera. This should aid in capturing highlights when post processing. You could also utilize camera's HDR (or equivalent) function if available. Alternatively, shoot RAW which generally provides more latitude during post processing.
Mar 23, 2016 11:54:24 #
tommckibbin
Loc: Liverpool, England.
Have used the different metering. Tend to use centre weighted mainly for birds.
Mar 23, 2016 11:54:37 #
Tom, That should work for you.
tommckibbin wrote:
Indeed I do. Know how that works. Will give it a go tomorrow. Thanks.
Mar 23, 2016 11:54:58 #
Mar 23, 2016 12:09:14 #
tommckibbin wrote:
Have two Nikons. D3200 and D40X. Shoot mainly birds with 55-300DX. Having problems with birds which have white parts on them which are showing up rather pronounced and shiny. Best way I can put it really. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, Tom.
The simple answer is to set Exposure Compensation to -0.7 EV. On a very bright day with blue sky and even more contrast it might be better to use -1.0 or even -1.3 EV.
The effect will be that the light meter will read that much more light than there actually is, and adjust exposure downward. In this case, with Auto ISO enabled and using Program Auto Exposure, it might have stopped the lens down a little, which probably would have made for a slightly sharper image too. It could have just reduce ISO from 450 down a little lower, which would improve the exposure but nothing else.
Mar 23, 2016 12:13:12 #
tommckibbin
Loc: Liverpool, England.
Apaflo wrote:
Thank you.The simple answer is to set Exposure Compensation ... (show quote)
Mar 23, 2016 13:11:12 #
Bob.
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
Mar 23, 2016 13:41:23 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Bob.
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
RGG, thank you very much for that vote of confidence, and the compliment. The warmer weather is about to strike the area. Thus, depending on how much I want to suffer in the heat, I'll have some time to address some of the issues here with some tutorials.
As you may have seen in this thread, there was a comment made by the OP regarding wanting things to be simple. In addition, it's very difficult to get some folks to abandon what ever shooting mode they are using and use manual. I'll be more than happy to throw some tutorials out there and let things fall where they may. Again, thanks for the compliment.
--Bob
Mar 23, 2016 13:45:21 #
Mar 23, 2016 22:58:51 #
Fred Harwood wrote:
Here's a quick run through ACR. Unable to restore the blown highlights in the jpeg. Try reprocessing the original.
Feathers and colors are like 'natural' ACR did miracles. What is ACR program?
Mar 24, 2016 06:16:50 #
rmalarz wrote:
Taking images with the idea that you can "fix" things in post is the wrong path to take. Get the exposure correct in the original capture. That is the critical step.
--Bob
--Bob
Give this man a rousing round of applause.........
Mar 24, 2016 06:20:43 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Bob.
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
I wish you would post full tutorials to show how you create your images because you are good at doing that and we can all learn from them.
Start a series of threads offering different problems when capturing the scene (high contrast, low light ~ Examples) then go onto post processing...
RGG
How many would listen........Isn't it best to shoot RAW and purposely over expose then try to fix the image in post?
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