Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did you try using Recovery in LR? That can rescue some highlights that are almost blown out. Tina On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > In continuing to get a better understanding of proper exposure as it > applies to the E-1 and its CCD sensor, I finally got a brief period of > sunshine, and took a few more images. I should mention that articles I > have > read report that ETTR will be helpful IF the range of brightness of the > subjects does not exceed the range that the sensor can capture. > > An extreme range of brightness showed me that I could not find a setting > capable of capturing the full image without blowing the highlights. This > example was about as good as I could do, and it used EV +1.3. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P9081077edit.jpg.html > > Using this same setting worked very well in capturing an image containing a > lot of shadow area. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P9081079edit.jpg.html > > There is a lot more for me to learn! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com