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Raymond Andringa
{K:963} 12/3/2002
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I've done some cropping of my own and have added some brightness in hopes of making a better picture...
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Jeff Cable
{K:3599} 12/2/2002
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I was dumb about this image Raymond. Although your about gave no clues as to the time of day, 2 seconds at f2.8 on an ISO sensitivity of 400 should have told me the story. :)))
There is no right exposure but in the absence of trying for a particular effect, most people would wish to see a complete range of tones from black to white. If you meter with in camera metering, try to meter from very close to your main subject (you could substitute your hand if you cannot get near enough) and remember that the meter wants to turn what it sees into a mid grey colour in monochrome work. Decide if you want the subject to have better detail in the shadows and open the aperture a couple of stops. It raises the tone of the subject's skin to a value of between 7 and 8 (see bottom of page tonal scale) and the shadows will be more open.
It is up to you to decide where to place the most important tones in your image. I have heard general rules of thumb like "expose for the shadows and the highlights take care of themselves" but in the end only you can decide where to place the values you are interested in.
Cheers!
Jeff
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Raymond Andringa
{K:963} 12/2/2002
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Jeff - Thanks for the input. One thing I may not have made clear in my ?about? on this picture was that it was taken in near total darkness. What is thought to be the sun is actually a small light on the top the ferry terminal dock. Since this picture was taken, a few other people have taught me more about better metering so that I don?t blow out my highlights and darken my shadows too much. I see in your adjustments how better lighting and further adjustments can bring out more detail in the shadows. I?m looking forward to getting back out there and practicing some more. Thanks again.
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Jeff Cable
{K:3599} 11/29/2002
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Hi Raymond. I like the idea behind this picture. I considered it for quite a time and then decided to make some adjustments which I have attached. What i found most disturbing was the sun in this image. It is very bright and the harsh contrast implies its presence. I thought I would crop it and the format was also more of a square as a result. I also changed the overall light balance to show a little more detail in the shadows. What do you think? It was a well seen image anyway and i like it. Nice work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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Greg Smereczynski
{K:2278} 11/29/2002
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great picture, only in my opinion is too much mess around the bucket
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