Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exposing to the right is better defined as using more of the brighest stop to capture a larger range of tones or to use as much of your dynamic range as possible. The intent is to capture the widest possible range of tones so that the image is more robust when all of the following manipulation is performed. That may or may not be the best practical technique, dependant on your purpose. Over-exposing may result in clipping. You may be able to recover some of that information if one or more channels are not clipped, but you may lose accuracy by doing that. It is a recovery technique not an aim. In fact most accomplished photographers on this list that regularly show their work choose to slightly under-expose rather than risk clipping. All Raw files need some conversion before you can view them at all. Typically a large gamma curve is applied to approximate our perception in any case. A linear conversion will show you a very dark, flat image. The idea of any particular 'default' conversion beyond that being the only correct standard is invalid. For example any default conversion based on approximating a camera's default jpeg output will typically crush the darks and highlights and increase the saturation and contrast for impact. This particular interesting issue that Tina has introduced seems to me to be about interpretation of the rules by the judges and entrants. For my taste these shots appear un-natural but very effective and striking images. Simply one viewer's opinion.Whether they fit someone's idea of photojournalism is rather a different aspect. Were they to appear as front page reporting, I think that it has been recently established that the photographer would get fired. 2009/4/21 Philip Clarke <nod at bouncing.org> > He almost certainly "shoots to the right" (I believe this is the expression > used to indicate over-exposing and using the RAW headroom),..... > Philip. > > > -- >> Cheers >> Geoff >> 'Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On' >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >