Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ahh Luxor,nice!Enjoy,simon On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw op archiphoto.com>wrote: > Ok - hit a rough patch in Egypt today: at Saqqara hit subjects that were >> low contrast and high brightness (hazy blue sky against sand and limestone >> pyramids). >> >> Shooting Tri-X and a yellow cut filter, should I trust the meter (which is >> reading for what looks a stop underexposed - 1/700 and f/16) and N+1 it to >> enhance the highlight contrast - or believe that the sand is so bright? >> Under normal conditions with a clear blue sky and grey subjects, I have >> not >> needed to apply a filter factor given my developing time (on the heavy >> side >> of N development). >> >> But here, I don't have the film to bracket very much, and I am a little >> worried about shouldering. Best guess, Mr. Spock? Hopefully Luxor will >> have clearer skies... >> >> Dante >> > > > It's bright. Trust the meter, but consider that you want the sand fairly > light. When we were there a couple of years ago, it was the same. You > should > probably be shooting with the sunny 22 rule. > > Luxor will be better. And hotter :-). > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw op archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >