D'Arne, Ming & Jack said:
manual exposure ... wow ! well done !
Louise. said:
It's an impressive structure in an ugly sort of way!
manual exposure that's superb, David (why, how, nfi)
yinyang said:
he manually exposed himself in the taking of this picture....!? lol!!
looks like David likes that particular block with the Macquarie building on the other side
David de Groot said:
Well basically I pulled out the camera in the mall and it was in M mode from the previous night's mucking about with flash photography. I had set it back to Av, took a shot of the mall, but with the wide lens I got bright sky and dark mall, and the camera underexposed the subject grossly, so I switched back to M, shortened the exposure from what the camera read earlier and shot.
It came out, so I stayed in M for the rest of the walk. There were only a couple of places I needed to chimp a few shots before I got it right, but most of the time I managed to get it close enough on the first shot :)
I can see now why people tend to revert to manual exposure mode after a while, as it's so much more flexible than using the camera's meter. Having said that, I'll probably still shoot in Av most of the time anyway out of pure laziness.
David de Groot said: I did consider whipping out the Speedlite and holding it at chest height, jumping out at a stranger and opening the coat while setting it off... but that would have required another photographer to capture the moment ;-)
I shot all down the mall and then parts of Edward St, but I liked how this one came out.
Louise. said:
Some pearls of wisdom...
not too much exposure
keep your speedlite under the coat
haha
David de Groot said: hehehe But as for the exposure, what I tend to do is meter in Av mode, take note of what the camera thinks the scene should be, then adjust to my liking in Manual mode. With luck, I only need to do that once, then adjust per scene.
yinyang said:
we were taught at TAFE that you can meter against blue sky or green grass - apparently it's pretty accurate if you don't have a light meter or grey card.
and it does work.
sometimes!!
David de Groot said: Oh yeah, I quite often meter off the sky, but you need to make adjustments for your foreground if it's in shadow.
manual exposure ... wow ! well done !
It's an impressive structure in an ugly sort of way!
manual exposure that's superb, David (why, how, nfi)
he manually exposed himself in the taking of this picture....!? lol!!
looks like David likes that particular block with the Macquarie building on the other side
Well basically I pulled out the camera in the mall and it was in M mode from the previous night's mucking about with flash photography. I had set it back to Av, took a shot of the mall, but with the wide lens I got bright sky and dark mall, and the camera underexposed the subject grossly, so I switched back to M, shortened the exposure from what the camera read earlier and shot.
It came out, so I stayed in M for the rest of the walk. There were only a couple of places I needed to chimp a few shots before I got it right, but most of the time I managed to get it close enough on the first shot :)
I can see now why people tend to revert to manual exposure mode after a while, as it's so much more flexible than using the camera's meter. Having said that, I'll probably still shoot in Av most of the time anyway out of pure laziness.
I shot all down the mall and then parts of Edward St, but I liked how this one came out.
Some pearls of wisdom...
not too much exposure
keep your speedlite under the coat
haha
we were taught at TAFE that you can meter against blue sky or green grass - apparently it's pretty accurate if you don't have a light meter or grey card.
and it does work.
sometimes!!