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Need review on my landscape photo experiment
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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 738912" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>Oh...and if there is a great deal of sky present in your image, you might need to use that +/- exposure button. When your scene is really bright (sand, snow, water, lots of sky, etc), the camera will want to underexpose to compensate for the brightness. When your scene is on the dark side (evening, shade, dark subjects, etc) the camera will want to overexpose to compensate for the darkness. The camera wants to produce an image that is part way between black and white. This is called 18% grey but looks to be a middle-tone grey. </p><p></p><p>So the rule of thumb is this: <strong>When the scene is bright, go brighter. When the scene is dark, go darker.</strong> What that means is when you are shooting a bright scene, use the +/- button and increase your exposure. It might only need +0.7. Or it's possible it needs +1.3 or more. And when your scene is somewhat darker, then use the +/- button and lower your exposure. This will require looking at the image afterwards to help determine just how much exposure compensation you should dial in. Just try to remember to reset your +/- to 0 when you are finished. As you already found out, if it isn't reset to 0, it can adversely affect your images the next time you pull out your camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 738912, member: 13196"] Oh...and if there is a great deal of sky present in your image, you might need to use that +/- exposure button. When your scene is really bright (sand, snow, water, lots of sky, etc), the camera will want to underexpose to compensate for the brightness. When your scene is on the dark side (evening, shade, dark subjects, etc) the camera will want to overexpose to compensate for the darkness. The camera wants to produce an image that is part way between black and white. This is called 18% grey but looks to be a middle-tone grey. So the rule of thumb is this: [B]When the scene is bright, go brighter. When the scene is dark, go darker.[/B] What that means is when you are shooting a bright scene, use the +/- button and increase your exposure. It might only need +0.7. Or it's possible it needs +1.3 or more. And when your scene is somewhat darker, then use the +/- button and lower your exposure. This will require looking at the image afterwards to help determine just how much exposure compensation you should dial in. Just try to remember to reset your +/- to 0 when you are finished. As you already found out, if it isn't reset to 0, it can adversely affect your images the next time you pull out your camera. [/QUOTE]
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