Which photos are easier to correct in PP?
Underexposed or Overexposed?
snapshot2011 Senior Member 570 posts Joined May 2011 More info | May 22, 2011 02:39 | #1 Which photos are easier to correct in PP?
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop 39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | May 22, 2011 02:44 | #2 As long as there's no clipping, overexposed is better. Underexposure leads to more noise. "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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Damo77 Goldmember 4,699 posts Likes: 115 Joined Apr 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia More info | May 22, 2011 04:50 | #3 |
tzalman Fatal attraction. 13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | May 22, 2011 05:14 | #4 And the corollary from the two posts above is that if the subject's tonal range is greater than the camera can handle, i.e. the histogram is spiking at both ends, preserve the highlights by lowering exposure until just before the right side spikes. You will sacrifice the shadows, but in PP you will find that you can pull them up a bit (more so in RAW than jpg). Elie / אלי
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