Some new one's

[ravage3000]

http://markgoodwinphotography.smugmug.com/photos/687573497_7DNAz-X2.jpg

http://markgoodwinphotography.smugmug.com/photos/687574608_NVpKZ-X2.jpg

http://markgoodwinphotography.smugmug.com/photos/687576841_VsQWr-X2.jpg

http://markgoodwinphotography.smugmug.com/photos/687575596_JrqLn-X2.jpg

[Pappy]

Bike shot is pretty cool, but you really cooked the atv shots..way hot...dont you go backwards on me!!!

[ravage3000]

over exp. or too red? or both?

[Pappy]

The 1st two are over exposed and it looks like some edit work thrown in there, or no contrast set in camera...colors are really pastel

3rd atv shot isnt bad, could be fixed easily.

[Pappy]

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[Pappy]

With yellow or white you have to drop your exposure...its hard to save them when they are to bright

[Pappy]

Next time out...meter the dirt and drop 1/3 and watch your histogram. Keep taking light out until you are not showing lost highlights. Then your set until you change spots or the light changes!

http://kenhill.smugmug.com/photos/639782891_cnU5b-O.jpg

[ravage3000]

Thanks for your help, again! I'll try not to fall too far behind.

[QuadRacer041]

Originally posted by Pappy
Next time out...meter the dirt and drop 1/3 and watch your histogram. Keep taking light out until you are not showing lost highlights. Then your set until you change spots or the light changes!

http://kenhill.smugmug.com/photos/639782891_cnU5b-O.jpg

Pappy, if I am understanding what I have been reading, you want to try to get the graph on the histogram in the center, correct?

[Pappy]

Yes and No Lou, it will depend heavily on what you have in front of you.

A scene with a big white building will show a histogram thats weighted to the right, a scene with a big dark area will show it to the left. Ideally, a nice fat curve with no loss in highlight or shadows is the goal.....

[QuadRacer041]

Originally posted by Pappy
Yes and No Lou, it will depend heavily on what you have in front of you.

A scene with a big white building will show a histogram thats weighted to the right, a scene with a big dark area will show it to the left. Ideally, a nice fat curve with no loss in highlight or shadows is the goal.....

How do I know what the highlights and shodows are on the graph?

[Pappy]

The right side of the graph is the highlights, the left shadows. A good histogram of an average scene will have the graph make a nice fat curve from the left to the right

[QuadRacer041]

Originally posted by Pappy
The right side of the graph is the highlights, the left shadows. A good histogram of an average scene will have the graph make a nice fat curve from the left to the right



I thought the left was the colors closer to black and the right, colors closer to white?

[Pappy]

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml

[cheater13]

whoah. you guys spend alot of time on your camera :D
i just got a cybershot w290, its good but it dont compare to you peoples cameras and awsome pics by the way