Bright Sky, Dark Harly

[Grainy]

How do you shoot a black Harley in the Shade with a bright sky in the background? Had this this past week and I couldn't get it. Nothing but flashing black on my LCD.

[tim]

Use partial metering, point the centre of the viewfinder at the harley, hit the * key, then take the photo. The sky will be completely blown out (ie white) but that doesn't matter. If you have a tripod you could take two shots, one exposed for the bike, one for the sky, and combine them in photoshop to make a single good photo.

[Tom W]

Reflectors - redirect the available light to serve as your source.

[PhotosGuy]

Use partial metering, point the centre of the viewfinder at the harley, hit the * key, then take the photo. Or learn how to transfer the readings from the meter to an "M" setting & you won't have to screw around with the * for every shot taken from the same angle. ;-)

[Grainy]

Thank you all, I will try that.

[Citizensmith]

Stick the camera on a tripod, take two shots, one with the harley correctly exposed, one with the sky. Then slap 'em together in photoshop.

[Jon, The Elder]

A black man in a black outfit on a black harly on an iceberg on a cloudy afternoon. Now thats a challenge!

[dandan]

A black man in a black outfit on a black harly on an iceberg on a cloudy afternoon. Now thats a challenge!


yow!

[PhotosGuy]

There's another "fix" too, & that's to just throw away the background! Once you get used to working with PS or PSE, it really doesn't take more than a half-hour to get something simple like these: ;)
Some of my "Rides" pics (http://photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Samples%20-%20Rides/)

Selecting areas in PhotoShop (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39994)