Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Also, you have to take into acount how the meter reads. Surely by now we would all understand that YMMV, one persons perfect exposure is another persons blown out dreck. An example would be the opening picture of that other subway essay posted early today. The light on the hands holding the verticle bar with the background going to black is either a masterful printing job of very good reflexes catching the light just as it transitions. Another person may have exposed for the crowd and not seen the hands. So, in a hypothetical sense, the essay is correct. Down in the real world, the photographer has always had to determine just what was wanted in the image and where the whites and blacks fell. Strictly the photographers choice, unless of course the camera is always on automatic so the camera chooses. Don don.dory@gmail.com