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May 22, 2009 21:45 |  #1

Hi. I have taken shots outside with flash underexposing for the ambient light creating a darker, or even near-black background but the subject remains correctly exposed. With ETTL this is easy, example: Ambient light is 1/60 @ f/8 Manually set camera to 1/1000 @ f/16, turn on flash (HS) and shoot. Is it possible to take an outdoor picture where I overexpose the background (even slightly) but keep the subject exposed correctly? I seem to recall seeing a Youtube video sometime which said this could be done... Thanks, ~Dom


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May 22, 2009 22:03 |  #2

If the subject is in the shade and the background is in the sun!


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May 22, 2009 23:02 |  #3

Makes sense. Thanks!


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