 - Kenneth De Pree  Contact Kenneth De Pree Kenneth De Pree's Gallery |
What Exposure Compensation, Shooting RAW A photographer told me he keeps his exposure compensation one stop to the left because Photoshop RAW does a better job with under exposed photos than over exposed. What do forum members do about exposure compensation?
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hello Ken, I tend to under-expose at times as it is easier to recover detail in darker areas than it is to recover blown highlights in over-exposed ones. It still depends on the image itself so I expose each photo I capture with my thoughts about what processing requirements will be. Sometimes a full stop, sometimes 1/3 of a stop and its not a hard & fast rule as many times I set my exposure right in the middle of my light meter if I dont anticipate any problems with blown highlights and have enough light in the darker areas. ND filters & Circular Polarizers also help and HDR can be a real blessing BUT if you are hand-holding, these may not be viable options so you have to do the best you can using what light is available. I use the brush tool in Photoshop ACR to dodge a bit when needed as you can set the brush for an exposed value to lighten up the area you are brushing over. Hope this helps, Carlton
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Peter K. Burian |
Hi Ken, Usually, when shooting RAW you want an exposure that is as light as possible without losing detail in important highlight areas. The Expose to the Right concept is basically a more complicated way of saying that. See http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml (I have no idea what he means by keeping exposure compensation one stop to the left ... that would be minus compensation with Canon and plus compensation with Nikon) Peter www.peterkburian.com
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