[Leica] IMG : #056 - Now - what's the trick

[geebee at geebeephoto.com (geebee)]

From: "Philippe Amard" <phamard@numericable.fr>
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG : #056 - Now - what's the trick

> So my technical question is about how you measure light when you have so 
> much contrast, so as to preserve details as you do.
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Philippe,

I angle the camera down to take a reading off the foreground after selecting 
an aperture with sufficient depth of field to hold 
focus from nearest object to the horizon (not an issue in this shot) then I 
leave the rest to camera and film latitude. The sky 
will be too light in a straight print/scan but it will retain enough detail 
for me to 'burn' it in when I get the scene into 
PhotoShop. The red filter added dramatic effect by darkening what look like 
the black areas in the sky but which were in fact inky 
blue clouds.

Hope that helps.

--Graham