 Scott J. Chalmers |
Is this underexposed?
On the camera it looks fine, when imported into adobe lightroom it look under exposed but then this was adjusted. It looks fine on my Macbook and TFT. At work in was looked very dark on CRT monitors on a pc (look at from the web), but on a colleagues TFT it looked fine, and it was mediocre printed on the office laser jet/photocopier.
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Pete H |
Scott, Not an easy question; here's why. "Proper" exposure is image and/or scene dependent, meaning you may have to sacrifice hi- lites to capture darker areas and vice versa. My personal definition of under or over exposure would be this.."NOT realizing the full dynamic range of the camera/sensor." Example: A photo that does not show shadow transition or detail, yet it should without blowing out the hi-lites. Over and under exposure is not only image and scene dependent, but also creative. You may WANT to shoot this or that in high contrast or with harsh black shadows. Today with digital cameras, many of us rely on the histogram. This may or may not be a great idea as it depends fully on one's ability to interpret the histogram AND the camera's ability to render an accurate histogram. Reading a histogram can be a course in itself. Concerning your issue on how the image looks on this monitor or that printer has little to do with exposure and more to do with the quality of the monitor/printer and calibration.
Pete
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Scott J. Chalmers |
thanks Pete, thats reasurring and informative, I know its dark bu thats the nature of live music stuff so... No thanks to Gregory for throwing insults - no need - I've passed it on
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BetterPhoto Member |
Though underexposed, I feel that the lighting adds a bit of drama to the photograph. I guess that one persons trash... Have fun and keep shooting,
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Scott J. Chalmers |
As you can see from the camera settings - it was pushed to the limit without going to silly shutter speeds or higher iso, which would be too grainy.....I did not use any exposure compensation...if that was pushed up by a stop or two would that help at all?
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Scott J. Chalmers |
I'm a dingbat! I got a 50mm 1.8 lens.....I shall try that one tomorrow night - same venue and lights....
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Pete H |
Scott, If you are shooting jpg, you might want to try a manual WB. Pete
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James Scott Stone |
Scott S. I have a sigma 28-80 lens 2.8 when shoot in lowlight. just go out and have fun.
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Richard Lynch |
Take a look at the images I am uploading...the levels shows you have a lot of head room in the highlights and this can be adjusted successfully. The result should appear a bit brighter, but true to the original. I chose to lighten it a little -- which you don't need to do if you feel the darkness is a mood thing. I hope that helps. These corrections and techniques are derived from stuff I teach in my courses at betterphoto. I made the corrections using Elements here, and Photoshop works about the same way. Richard Lynch
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Scott J. Chalmers |
Thats excellent advise - I'll take it into photoshop a play around with levels etc. This is something I need to get a handle on
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Russell E. Smith |
I have to agree with Pete's comments - you can see detail in what I believe are the strap and the microphone. Plus the details in the face (eyelashes, lips, etc.) are great. I think it is a great shot, very "moody" and realistic.
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