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Scott_1469
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 00:06
OK...finally got out during daylight today to shoot a little. Sorry for the # of pics. Found an inviting field of flowers to shoot and although I shot quite a few closeups with blurred background that looked OK, I was trying to find other creative options. One thing I found that in bright daylight in a field of yellow flowers both exposure and white balance are not at all what I expected. I must say I was kind of disappointed at all of the blown shots when I got back.
I welcome any comments on the attached pics., but please advise on how you would approach such a scene from both a lens perspective (WA, prime, zoom, etc.), and from a composition perspective. Most importantly, is there a trick to getting the correct exposure, white balance in this situation? I shot primarily in aperture priority mode and for the most part they turned out way too dark. As usual, thanks for your help!

Scott_1469
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 00:10
Couple more...

Scott_1469
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 00:36
One more....the noise on these is not visible on the originals. I have them sized down quite a bit.

Stonedturtle
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 00:51
post your exif info ?

Scott_1469
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 01:04
Yikes, they were all very different. The 1st and last shots were 1/1250, ISO 100 at 4.5 with the Sigma 17-70 on my XTi. The 4th shot was 1/2500 @ F4.0

michael_
15th of February 2007 (Thu), 02:29
3rd shot for me is great with the person running giving it perspective, overall i think you have done really well, do you have a wode shot of the entire area to see what else you had to work with? ie backgrounds, a shot i absolutely love is in a bryan petterson book on exposure with him in a field of flowers very similar and he lay on his back and shot up at the flowers which gave a really interesting shot