Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:00 PM 9/18/2007, you wrote: >Dynamic range: Yellowstone is often like beach or snow scenes, with >a lot of bright gray silica deposits shining in the high-altitude >sun. I used a spot meter sometimes, and found a basic exposure that >worked most of the day. The quickest thing to do was to take a >shot, chimp the histogram, and shoot again if need be. Sometimes, >when there were shiny clouds and a dark, shadowed subject in the >same picture, I had to choose whether to blow the clouds or lose the >subject. Seven full stops is a lot to ask, even of the M8. > >--Peter The best way around this is to bracket wildly and then combine the photos with HDR in PSCS3. It really works unbelievably well! Tina Tina Manley ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI http://www.tinamanley.com