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Exposure
http://www.photo.net/making-photographs/exposure (11 of 13)7/3/2005 2:22:14 AM
A nightmare. The snow is white but the meter
might also pick up on some of the dark trees.
And would we really want to add exposure until
the white was super white on film? We're trying
to suggest evening here. This is a good occasion
for bracketing!
Slightly challenging. The key here is to make
sure to meter only the central (illuminated)
portion of the frame so that the black sky does
not get averaged into the exposure calculation.
Then open up 1/2 to 1 f-stop over the meter's
recommendation so that the builder is rendered
white rather than gray.
Same challenge. Use the in-camera spot meter
of the Rollei 6008 to measure only the brightly
illuminated cliff face, then open up 1/2 stop over
the meter's recommendation to render it bright
on film. Then try another exposure at 1 stop
over because it is tough to get back to the
bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Point, meter, open 1 stop to move the shells
from gray to white, click. From Cape Cod.