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(0 votes) 6:14 am
January 7, 2013
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I’m on a mission to never take the camera out of manual mode until I’ve mastered it! I think the dial will be stuck by then.
Three images taken in Monaco around noon.
Canon T4i / EOS 650D
#1 ISO-100 – 1/320 – f/5.6 – 250mm
#2 ISO-100 – 1/400 – f/5.6 – 55mm
#3 ISO-100 – 1/500 – f/5.6 – 171mm
Yogi
6:52 am
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March 23, 2013
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Some great shots… very clear… like the first and last the best.
7:34 am
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December 2, 2012
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Yogi
Nice pics.
I always use manual mode too. If I can give you
a little advice I would recommend playing around with
the metering on shots. I generally use spot metering
and meter for the brightest area then correct where necessary
in Lightroom. Personally, I’ve found that if I use evaluative or
other choices I end up with blown whites a lot and that is hard
to correct. It’s a matter of choice for me and I’m sure that
you will find the perfect combination (if one exists lol) for great
pictures. I also dodge and burn sometimes to correct over dark or
light areas.Done correctly it can really make a big difference.
Good luck and have fun shooting and posting lots of pics for us to
look at!
Dale.
3:59 am
January 7, 2013
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Thanks for the advice and feedback Dale & mscharff, very much appreciated.
I’ll have a play with metering over the weekend and see what I can do. I can now see that on the girls cap (2nd image), there’s no visible detail, so if I understand correctly, I would meter on the cap to ensure it exposes correctly and adjust the levels post production for the rest of the image?
I’m from a Photoshop background, but whilst I’m learning photography I’m trying to get the shots as good as I can straight out of the camera i.e. without doing post production adjustments.
Yogi
Yogi
12:10 pm
October 9, 2012
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Welcome to the forum Yogi.
I like the third shot …
And i too like shooting only in manual mode..
Great set of shots…
12:37 am
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September 4, 2012
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i liked the second
one and the last one…
Intekhab Syed Ali
The lighting situation you where in, it doesn’t matter what mode you use, there still will be problems that will need to be addressed in post (I hope you shoot raw).
Try and put your subject in the open shade if you have to shoot in mid day light, or plan to shoot closer to sunset (golden hour) the light is very soft, pleasant and very forgiving.
To help reduce blown highlights I always have the blinking highlight indicator on, for overexposed highlights on the preview screen. Its easier to recover shadows in post, than too much over exposed highlights.
But thats the way I shoot, every one has to find what works best for them.
Good luck!
Aleksandr
Welcome to the forum, Yogi! I agree with Aleksandr (vitfoto). Shooting on the sunny day midday is always a challenge for the camera. It has to do with dynamic range of the camera. Some cameras have larger dynamic range then others. Cameras with a larger dynamic range are able to capture shadow detail and highlight detail at the same time better then ones with smaller dynamic range.
A solution to this is to shoot RAW and the recover shadow or highlight in post. I agree that shadows are easier to recover then blow out highlight. Lightroom does a wonderful job in doing this.
While taking portrait I also do prefer to shoot in the shade, on a cloudy day, early in the morning or late in the evening due to softer quality of light. So sometimes I do like that midday dramatic look with hard shadows. From your photos I like the first one the most. I like how the light in falling on her face creating a shadow around it. Even if she has sunglasses on, my attention is still driven to her eyes. I can tell that she is focusing on something.
I attached some photos from photo session under the bright sun, where I think it works, because this couple wanted a fashion fill to it. I don’t mind very dark shadows in this case. As I remember, I think I even added some extra contrast in post. I have to check the original image. This image was taken a long time ago and I don’t have an original in front of me right now. I also used some reflector while shooting to fill in shadows on their faces a bit.
5:41 am
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December 2, 2012
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I can see where Oksana using the sunglasses has helped
to contrast the bright sun in the shots she posted.
That’s why she’s the pro and we’re the students!
We can always learn from others with more knowledge
and I for one appreciate that.
I’m calling for everybody to get together and ask Mandrake
to come back and post some comments about our pictures.
Haven’t seen any posts for a while and it’s not the same forum
without him as a part of it.
Dale.
7:52 am
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March 23, 2013
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I sent him a private message in the forum, but if he’s not logging in, not sure he would get it…
Michael
6:50 am
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March 23, 2013
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I also sent him a note via his flicker account… not sure how else to get in contact with him…
Michael
7:15 am
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December 2, 2012
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Lets all keep trying to reach Mandrake!
It really bothers me that he just disappeared because
he was such a great part of the forum!!!
If you do read any of these posts Mandrake, please at least
let us know that you’re OK!
Oksana – I hope he returns your email and if he does please
let us know that he is OK.
Thanks – Dale.
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