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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 661847" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Unfortunately a polarizer will not help with dynamic range issues. I told you this was a sticky-wicket! So while a polarizing filter will, obviously, reduce polarized light of course, that's not the issue here. It will reduce overall exposure slightly but that's still not the heart of the issue. To restate things, <em>dynamic range</em> -- the spectrum of the brightest Highlight to the darkest Shadow -- is the heart of this issue; and your camera can only handle "so much" dynamic range. Once that range is exceeded one of three things will happen depending on how the dynamic range is being exceeded: 1) Parts of your image will have <strong>more</strong> light than the sensor can record while showing detail, and those area will (Highlights) will "blow out" which means they are pure white and without detail. 2) Parts of your image will <strong>too little</strong> light for the sensor to record any detail and those areas (Shadows) will be "crushed", or completely black and without detail. 3) The image will have both blown-out Highlights AND crushed Shadows because the dynamic range has been exceeded at both ends of the spectrum.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p></p><p>I wish there was a simple answer to this question but, like most things in photography, it depends... How you meter is determined by how you want the final image to look. Do you fully understand how the different Metering Modes work? If not, you should start there. Either way, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to exposure. We could be standing side-by-side, shooting the exact same scene at the exact same time and we might have very differing ideas about how the shot should be exposed. The best thing you can do is learn to read and <a href="https://luminous-landscape.com/understanding-histograms/" target="_blank">understand Histograms</a>. Once you really understand what your camera's histogram is telling you, you'll be able to get the exposure you want every single time. Histograms are directly tied to your camera's dynamic range so as you learn about one, you're learning about the other. And having a really, REALLY solid understanding of these two things will elevate your photography exponentially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 661847, member: 13090"] Unfortunately a polarizer will not help with dynamic range issues. I told you this was a sticky-wicket! So while a polarizing filter will, obviously, reduce polarized light of course, that's not the issue here. It will reduce overall exposure slightly but that's still not the heart of the issue. To restate things, [I]dynamic range[/I] -- the spectrum of the brightest Highlight to the darkest Shadow -- is the heart of this issue; and your camera can only handle "so much" dynamic range. Once that range is exceeded one of three things will happen depending on how the dynamic range is being exceeded: 1) Parts of your image will have [B]more[/B] light than the sensor can record while showing detail, and those area will (Highlights) will "blow out" which means they are pure white and without detail. 2) Parts of your image will [B]too little[/B] light for the sensor to record any detail and those areas (Shadows) will be "crushed", or completely black and without detail. 3) The image will have both blown-out Highlights AND crushed Shadows because the dynamic range has been exceeded at both ends of the spectrum. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] I wish there was a simple answer to this question but, like most things in photography, it depends... How you meter is determined by how you want the final image to look. Do you fully understand how the different Metering Modes work? If not, you should start there. Either way, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to exposure. We could be standing side-by-side, shooting the exact same scene at the exact same time and we might have very differing ideas about how the shot should be exposed. The best thing you can do is learn to read and [url=https://luminous-landscape.com/understanding-histograms/]understand Histograms[/url]. Once you really understand what your camera's histogram is telling you, you'll be able to get the exposure you want every single time. Histograms are directly tied to your camera's dynamic range so as you learn about one, you're learning about the other. And having a really, REALLY solid understanding of these two things will elevate your photography exponentially. [/QUOTE]
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