exposure comments

[cw695356]

Hi
I recently got some comments on an edit I did saying the highlights were extremely blown out. Obviously this does concern me a bit as my photos could all be incorrectly edited.
So if anyone could look at the attached photo and make any comments about the exposure and colours that would be great. I have adjusted my monitor settings to try and sort this problem out.
Of course any other comments are appreciated :-)
Thanks

[strmrdr]

some blown out areas but they look to be unavoidable in that picture.
overall the coloring and tone looks fine.
a little later I will post more with some marked areas on the image.

I would have like too see more dof in the image to bring the sign into focus.

[strmrdr]

The red dot areas are blown out the worst being the top one.
But the blue dot areas would lose a lot of detail if the other area were not blown out.
In this case I think it was a good trade off and other than shooting on a different day were unavoidable.

[cw695356]

yes the dome on the top was always going to be harsh as it was very sunny. I think the other issues are largely due to compression although they are a a little soft. 100% crops shown below

[cw695356]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=313991
This is the edit that is bothering me. There is a clear blow out on the woman's top but other than that nothing really strikes me. the image is a little light but not blown out. Any advice?

[strmrdr]

the other image:
on my monitor on the first one the shoulder looks a little light and on the edit is blown out in a small area.
I dont see it as being totaly blown out.

[strmrdr]

I found nokia test to be a huge help in setting up my monitor...

http://freepctech.com/rode/004.shtml

[Meaty0]

Chris,

The histogram doesn't lie and it's not affected by your monitor adjustment. If you have Photoshop, check your image's histogram and you'll see there are a some pixels in the light end that register 255. But with bright sun reflected off that dome, I would expect it. A scene like that would look great with a polariser on the lens.

[cw695356]

Thanks v much for the advice and comments

[StewartR]

Here's a quick tip, which I piclked up on POTN, for improving shots where you wish you'd had a polariser. Duplicate the layer, set the layer blending mode to 'Multiply' or 'Linear Burn', and the opacity of the top layer to something around 35-40%. Takes no time at all...

[cw695356]

thanks. ill keep that in mind for future shots

[Bollan]

Here's a quick tip, which I piclked up on POTN, for improving shots where you wish you'd had a polariser. Duplicate the layer, set the layer blending mode to 'Multiply' or 'Linear Burn', and the opacity of the top layer to something around 35-40%. Takes no time at all...

Great tip Stewart. Your example look really good!!!

[StewartR]

Well, I'm just passing on something I learned here. Credit to Radtech1 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/member.php?u=10194) for sharing it in the first place.