Walk down Chesterfield Canal

[gsgary]

I took a walk down Chesterfield Canal tonight to try and get to grips with my new camera, only took up photogaphy about 6 months ago so any tips would be greatfully received

Gary
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[Steve Cavigliano]

Very nice Gary :thumb :thumb


The swan looks a little over exposed in the first and last shots. The middle three are very well exposed, IMO. Lovely detail too :clap :clap

White birds against a dark background are tough. The meter sees the dark BG and will cause you to OE the white bird. There's an old axiom that covers this:
Bright subject with dark background, use -1 EV of compensation. Dark subject on a light background, use +1 EV's of compensation. Thanks to Shay Stephens for drumming that into my tiny pea brain....lol The +/- 1 figure is actually a start point. Dial it in, take the shot, then review (if you have a histogram to review, so much the better :-) If you see you are still over exposing, just add another 1/3 stop of negative compensation. Conversely, if you have under exposed a bit, lower the negative EV comp by 1/3 stop (or set your EV comp to -2/3 ).



Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[gsgary]

Very nice Gary :thumb :thumb


The swan looks a little over exposed in the first and last shots. The middle three are very well exposed, IMO. Lovely detail too :clap :clap

White birds against a dark background are tough. The meter sees the dark BG and will cause you to OE the white bird. There's an old axiom that covers this:
Bright subject with dark background, use -1 EV of compensation. Dark subject on a light background, use +1 EV's of compensation. Thanks to Shay Stephens for drumming that into my tiny pea brain....lol The +/- 1 figure is actually a start point. Dial it in, take the shot, then review (if you have a histogram to review, so much the better :-) If you see you are still over exposing, just add another 1/3 stop of negative compensation. Conversely, if you have under exposed a bit, lower the negative EV comp by 1/3 stop (or set your EV comp to -2/3 ).



Thanks for sharing,
Steve
I see what you mean with the first and last photo, i have got histogram but to me it just looks like a mountain range. Thanks for the reply

Gary

[gsgary]

Here's one of a Malard,



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