Best time of day to avoid over and under exposure.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Nahabedian on September 30, 2008 at 2:51am

I think in this case it all depends how you were metering your camera.

On bright blue sunny days, I usually meter my camera on the blue sky and go one stop down. That way I have a correctly exposed sky and nice tones all around.

Your situation might be a little more tricky because you are shooting moving animals so you need a fast shutterspeed... How about using ND filter?

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Permalink Reply by DeEtta Houts on September 30, 2008 at 2:57am

The ND filter is a great suggestion. Unfortunately I wasn't metering, haven't been able to afford one yet but now I think that will definitly be my next purchase.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Nahabedian on September 30, 2008 at 2:59am

Well you can meter with your camera simply :)

I use the camera's in-built metering.

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Permalink Reply by DeEtta Houts on September 30, 2008 at 3:01am

OK, now I really feel dumb! I didn't know my camera had a built in meter! See what I lear here, thank you so much!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Nahabedian on September 30, 2008 at 3:23am

Of course Deetta :)

When you point your lens at something and set the exposure manually, that's metering ;)

So usually I just point my lens to the blue sky, set a correct exposure, go down one stop and shoot away :)

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Permalink Reply by DeEtta Houts on September 30, 2008 at 3:24am

You are a genius, thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Nahabedian on September 30, 2008 at 3:27am

Most welcome! Glad to help :)

No I am y no means a pro, so hope it'll work. If anyone knows better than me..

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Permalink Reply by DeEtta Houts on September 30, 2008 at 5:12am

Thanks Francois, you are a wealth of info. I do have a grey card around here somwhere.

Permalink Reply by Mikki on September 30, 2008 at 5:20am

Thanks Francois, I need that info too. My photos tend to suffer the same fate, and I have yet to figure out to master it. i too have homework. Again, Thanks... :)

Permalink Reply by Helmut on September 30, 2008 at 9:41am

DeEtta.DeEtta.
While François has given you the best advise (as usual), not all is lost. Here are some quick "repairs" in Photoshop. Luckily you posted the pictures as a large file, so there was something to work with for me. May I suggest that next time you do some important work; you shoot in RAW so you have lost more adjustment possibilities. It took me about 10min for the 3 pictures (NOT each). So if I had an important client, or some important event (like a wedding- were you have usually very contrasting light condition, e.g. bride in white and groom in black). I'd shoot in RAW so you have best chances in fixing it later. NOT always possible, but you certainly can minimise problems (extremes). Let me know what you think.

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Permalink Reply by DeEtta Houts on September 30, 2008 at 10:24am

Hi Helmut,
I really like the changes in the first and last pics. The second to me now looks washed out, but I totally get what you mean about RAW. I will definitely keep that in mind for next time.

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Permalink Reply by Helmut on September 30, 2008 at 10:26am

I could have spend more time on the second picture, but wanted to show you just what is possible.

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