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Even exposures in strong mid day lighting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Krizob" data-source="post: 178371" data-attributes="member: 15762"><p>This is something I've been struggling to learn. If you're attempting to capture a landscape where various elements of the photos require a different exposure, how can you get proper exposure? I understand the technique of layering multiple identical photos with different exposures, but this is post-processing intensive, and only works for landscapes (or more so, a scene where the subject doesn't move and you can mount a tripod). I actually shoot mostly climbing photography, which is why the above method doesn't work. I thought this topic would be best answered in landscapes - here's a great example <a href="http://www.climbing.com/download/storm-mountain-falls/" target="_blank">http://www.climbing.com/download/storm-mountain-falls/</a> Shooting into the sun, with white snow everywhere, the mid ground and back ground are still properly exposed. When I attempt this I often get a background that is far too burnt out. I recently attempted to shoot a mountain scape, where the foreground was a river bed and river, the mid ground was a stand of alder trees, and the background was 3 black peaks and blue sky. The best exposure still left me with the river rocks being burnt out. Is there a better way to do this other than combining images?Thanks! (PS, even though I chose the status of semi-pro, since I have started to sell images, I'm still very much a noob and am pretty much doing the whole 'fake it till you make it' thing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I have an assignment to shoot soon and I know I'll keep running into this problem).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krizob, post: 178371, member: 15762"] This is something I've been struggling to learn. If you're attempting to capture a landscape where various elements of the photos require a different exposure, how can you get proper exposure? I understand the technique of layering multiple identical photos with different exposures, but this is post-processing intensive, and only works for landscapes (or more so, a scene where the subject doesn't move and you can mount a tripod). I actually shoot mostly climbing photography, which is why the above method doesn't work. I thought this topic would be best answered in landscapes - here's a great example [url]http://www.climbing.com/download/storm-mountain-falls/[/url] Shooting into the sun, with white snow everywhere, the mid ground and back ground are still properly exposed. When I attempt this I often get a background that is far too burnt out. I recently attempted to shoot a mountain scape, where the foreground was a river bed and river, the mid ground was a stand of alder trees, and the background was 3 black peaks and blue sky. The best exposure still left me with the river rocks being burnt out. Is there a better way to do this other than combining images?Thanks! (PS, even though I chose the status of semi-pro, since I have started to sell images, I'm still very much a noob and am pretty much doing the whole 'fake it till you make it' thing ;) I have an assignment to shoot soon and I know I'll keep running into this problem). [/QUOTE]
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