Comments on Everblog: Winter time, underexposure time

yes, exposure to the right, and then ...

2010-02-11T12:56:33.746-08:00

yes, exposure to the right, and then process it to the left if needed. this is what i tried to say... thanks for the jpg tip, but no, i will not try jpg for the beautiful landscapes, or much anything, except for timelapse and some random documentary images that need to be forwarded quickly. how come i can't get capital letters? (using now opera mini beta)

It depends, Sami... if you want a photo right out ...

2010-02-09T09:32:35.920-08:00

It depends, Sami... if you want a photo right out of cam that looks realistic... go for JPEG and try to get the best "real life" exposure. If you want maximum details and dynamic range... then shoot raw and expose to the right. And read that article on LL that I linked (again;-).

This is one thing that hasn't changed since th...

2010-02-09T09:02:28.170-08:00

This is one thing that hasn't changed since the analogue metering of film cameras. Or has it? How should I know, I have such an old camera (Canon EOS D60, 2001). I learned this underexposure issue in the 80's from my father, who taught me to compensate exposure on snowy scene, and I still didn't compensate enough. Camera had the meter, I had the "matrix", and we both failed, LOL! Experience is easy to gain with digital cameras. But I still don't believe in matrix metering. Haven't seen the effect yet. Old cameras, old brain...

Okay, I actually had one thing to say about exposure and correcting the exposure. Digital cameras do benefit from exposuring "to the right", that's clear. However, when you're developing your raw images, you can correct the exposure back, if needed, depending on the subject. Who said you must crank the levels all the way up, on every photo? For example, one morning I took some snowy landscape images, and if I corrected the exposure to the max, the authentic feel of the morning light was lost. "It was not that bright!". Thinkin about it now, if I had a tripod that morning, I could have had all the light I wanted, and the negative exposure correction would have made the photo look even better - less prominent noise in the final 8-bit JPG. But, I was riding my bike to work, it was -28C, the lens has enormous vignetting...

P.S: The matrix has you!

Hi Alex! It's been a while that I noticed how ...

2010-02-08T16:46:12.015-08:00

Hi Alex! It's been a while that I noticed how my EOS 1000d exposure meter tends to underexposure to preserve details in light areas. Do I get it well? Inconsciously I should already knew that, because I always shot with -1 stop, but I have never taken photos in conditions of high lights just you did here. I should take notes! Thanks!
By the way, a question.. how did you get the "TAGS CLOUD" and the pop-up of the photos???? :D