Qustion metering for baseball

how should I meter ? off the paints or off the shirt If I meter off paints the shutter speed goes up and the picture is a little darker if I go off the shirt shutter speed goes down and the paints are a little blown out the first one is off the paints and the second one is off the shirt

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Thanks Tim

ur links are down,

i meter for the background, or the ground or the grass.

i think you're not supposed to meter off the pants or the shirt, as they are colored and they will throw off the exposure.

I tend to meter off the grass.

It probably depends on whether you're using spot or a partial metering. With spot metering I often use umpire's trousers if they're near 18% gray. With partial I meter on grass or dirt near the subject. Then I shoot in manual exposure mode using the reading.

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I use spot metering and shoot manual 99.9% of the time, and if there's either a white jersery or pants I meter off that and dial in my settings so EC is at least +2/3. I then shoot a couple of test shots and check the histogram. Unless it's a sunny day and cap shadows are present, I try not to blow out the whites.

You can meter off anything really. The key is knowing that a dead middle EC reading represents the mid-tone for whatever color you're metering. For instance, if you shoot white snow with a middle EC reading it's gonna come out kinda gray. But if you give it a couple bumps of +EC, it will be white. Dark blue shot at middle EC will produce the mid-tone of that color. With a couple of clicks of -EC, the dark blue will be dark blue.

ok thanks guys I will give it a try


Thanks Tim