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<blockquote data-quote="Kodiak" data-source="post: 176194" data-attributes="member: 15426">re: #334any advice on controlling brighter keys (Im not certain what that means…)Hi Dan,Here for the difference between high and low keys:Good high key example: <a href="http://nikonites.com/photo-critique/15119-famiy-portraits-beach.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/photo-critique/15119-famiy-portraits-beach.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv</a>Good low key example: <a href="http://nikonites.com/macro/15027-poll-position-%95-macro-tools-race-tracks.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/macro/15027-poll-position-%95-macro-tools-race-tracks.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv</a>High keys may be a gentler way to say &quot;hot spots&quot; as in the pictures I was talking about (post #330). As far as controlling the hot spots, at that scale,the only way I know is HDR stacking. Of course, since this is a rather unusualscene, it is hard to render in natural look. In lesser scale of dynamic range, agood solution is the graduated neutral density filters.I hope this will help…Have a good day…</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kodiak, post: 176194, member: 15426"] re: #334 [COLOR="#B22222"]any advice on controlling brighter keys (Im not certain what that means…)[/COLOR] Hi Dan, Here for the difference between high and low keys: Good high key example: [URL="http://nikonites.com/photo-critique/15119-famiy-portraits-beach.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv"]http://nikonites.com/photo-critique/15119-famiy-portraits-beach.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv[/URL] Good low key example: [URL="http://nikonites.com/macro/15027-poll-position-%95-macro-tools-race-tracks.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv"]http://nikonites.com/macro/15027-poll-position-%95-macro-tools-race-tracks.html#axzz2a3QCE7jv[/URL] High keys may be a gentler way to say "hot spots" as in the pictures I was talking about (post #330). As far as controlling the hot spots, at that scale, the only way I know is HDR stacking. Of course, since this is a rather unusual scene, it is hard to render in natural look. In lesser scale of dynamic range, a good solution is the graduated neutral density filters. I hope this will help… Have a good day… [/QUOTE]

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