Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] metering hot air balloons at dusk
From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:46:36 -0700

On 9/11/03 dorysrus@mindspring.com (Don Dory) thoughtfully wrote: 

>Obviously, if you have great access you can meter the faces directly.
>Incidentally, adding that much exposure will tend to bring the sky into
>the picture as an element.  Ideally, there will be enough balloons that
>you can wait to balance the sky and the balloons if early morning is
>possible.

This events starts in the early evening so the sky will be deepening over the
course of the event. That's for the advice - I'll bracket by a stop or so. The
R8 will let me do that automatically, it's not something I use a lot. Probably
should.

Should be fun.

Adam
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