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Phil |
10:17 11 Jan 03 |
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David Mark |
10:59 11 Jan 03 |
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Phil |
13:46 11 Jan 03 |
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Robert McColloch |
17:35 13 Jan 03 |
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Phil |
18:19 13 Jan 03 |
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Phil |
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Specular reflections, lights.. and how to meter |
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Michael Carboy |
16:23 24 Dec 02 |
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Greetings All!
Well, with the holidays squarely on us, I have wondered about photographing candles.. the burning type! In a dark room, I hope to capture the light of a candleflame and the illumination of the inch or so of the "glowing" candlestick below. I was thinking the best way to meter this "point source" would be to spot meter the flame, subtract perhaps 2.5 - 3 EV to that metered level, effectively "opening up" the "spot meter grey" level of the reading to the "white" level of the flame and asssign that value as the "High EV".. For the low EV, I was thinking of assuming it was 6 - 7 EV below the high EV. As an example, lets imagine the candle flame in a dark room (eg black background) spot meters at say 10EV.... since I want the flame to be "white", i need to open up a few stops, so I SUBTRACT 2.5 - 3EV from this metered level and get 7EV- 7.5EV (10 minus 2.5 to 3).. This level is now my "High EV" for Palm Pilot purposes... For the Low EV, I knock off 6EV (??), making the Low EV is 1.5EV. Any thoughts on this approach? I cannot think of a way to meter this using incident metering methods......
Best wishes for the holidays,
Michael
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Phil |
17:53 24 Dec 02 |
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David Mark |
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Phil |
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