Photographing a dark looking subject - need advice
Jun 16, 2015 07:42:08 #
Mdorn...no you did not. My bad about the ISO. And thanks again for your input.
Jun 16, 2015 07:45:11 #
Thank you Gene51. Based on all the feedback I plan to take some very dark fabric/paper, put in my yard and practice my exposure shot!! As another hog said, practice, practice, practice.
Jun 16, 2015 09:41:35 #
Karl Shuffler
Loc: Weinert, Texas
Correct; adding any converter will bring out more of the same plus increasing the shutter speed will be needed to control camera shake; diminishing the results. Questioning correct exposure on sunny days can be simplified with the use of f/16 sunny rule.see: www.slrlounge.com/photography-essentials-the-sunny -16-rule/
Or in your search type: sunny f16 chart, for more information relating to this rule. I use this ruling many times when exposure is questionable, it works. Try it at lease in those questionable times. Hope information I send you helps. Practice, practice, practice.
Or in your search type: sunny f16 chart, for more information relating to this rule. I use this ruling many times when exposure is questionable, it works. Try it at lease in those questionable times. Hope information I send you helps. Practice, practice, practice.
Jun 19, 2015 23:28:19 #
wapusk wrote:
Thank you Karl. Buying the Tamron was my first "big" investment and everything I read indicated it was a good buy for a first super telephoto. Overall I have been happy with the lens but this latest trip really tested the limits of the lens. I have images of grizzly and wolves at a far distance. The images are OK but not what I hoped for. From what you are saying, adding an extender will not help that much with this lens.
Like you, the Tamron lens was a big investment for me. The bison shot I attached as an example was softer than I'd hoped. It was hand held but I could brace myself against something. It was overcast. The other pic was at 150 at sundown. Even though it's noisy I love the shot. It was shot at 150mm handheld. I guess the point I'm making is you're not going to get great sharpness at 600mm hand held in bad light with this lens. I'm not sure you could do that with any lens.
Aug 22, 2015 23:57:04 #
Back in my days of film I used the zone system for my exposures. Basically this was exposing for the area of the photographer where you wanted the most detail. We use to say, "Shoot for the shadows and print for the highlights." Today we call this shooting to the right. Expose for the dark areas and darken in pp, this will give less noise. Just be careful not to blow out the highlights.
Also, because the angle of view does not change whether it is full frame or crop frame, the handheld "rule" applies to both. 600mm is 600 mm. A crop sensor only does the same as cropping the frame in pp.
Also, because the angle of view does not change whether it is full frame or crop frame, the handheld "rule" applies to both. 600mm is 600 mm. A crop sensor only does the same as cropping the frame in pp.
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