NYC Meets?

That hour of day on that side of the bridge is a no go. lol.. I should of just went on the other side and let the late day sun light it up for me. It felt like the trip was a total waste of time but thinking about it I say its a lesson I wont forget. Thanks for the help guys its really appreciated.

Infamous20V wrote in post #10027978
You meter off the blue sky as far away from the direct sunlight as possible.

In certain conditions and scenes that may work, but in this specific example take a look at the sky, particularly the blue part. It's decently exposed. Maybe, slightly under exposed, yes, but almost there. Given that fact, our cameras, and I am collectively talking about all Canon/Nikon DSLR's here, can't handle the dynamic range. That's just simple fact.

Infamous20V wrote in post #10027990
properly exposed single image > multiple merged images
I trust Bryan Peterson more than Nick.

That's fine. I actually trust myself more than any book I read, including Perterson's books. Ironically, he'd probably agree with all of us who says the scene cannot be properly exposed for 100% given the limitations of cameras. But what do I know? I'm just Nick Nobody...

nicksan wrote in post #10027182
Yeah, that's a tough shot actually. You are shooting into the sun, the sky is bright, the rest is darker...

You can always overexpose the sky some and recover in post so you retain more detail on the bridge, etc.

Or, bracket the shot and merge/HDR in post.

Also the bridge is in the middle of the frame, and at a pretty "flat" angle, therefore you have too much water and sky.

This was the right answer from the get go. Would have saved a lot of discussion. In that shot i would have gone to bracketing (dont listen to me i bracket everything, and no MDJAK im not talking about bracketing Nick and YOU to see you both properly exposed before me :lol

Also listen to Victor. Bird shooters know a heck of a lot when it comes to meetering/exposing shots in harsh out door conditions. I frequent the bird threads just to learn more about it. In the end experience to me will always trump what a book says. If all books were right then we wouldnt have new ones released every few months showing a different way to shoot the same thing

Red Panda wrote in post #10028510
That hour of day on that side of the bridge is a no go. lol.. I should of just went on the other side and let the late day sun light it up for me. It felt like the trip was a total waste of time but thinking about it I say its a lesson I wont forget. Thanks for the help guys its really appreciated.

I think your shot is doable if you are shooting a Carl Zeiss 21mm.... The Carl Zeiss has the ability to suppress the blue highlight to certain extend. Very flare resistance. Is better to post adjust the exposure of a slightly over-exposed shot than pushing up the exposure of an under-exposed shot. Again, next time, bracket your shots in between -1 to +1 exposure compensation, or maybe -+2 stops. Like I said earlier, your camera would always meter off the sky more than the foreground. Here is a panoroma shot I took. Guess where the sun was? About 1 oclock. The shot works because it creates a somewhat surreal ambient....Of course I bracketed all three exposures here to see which of the looks I like. I have one of the exposures with 1 stop overexposed and the boardwalk was properly exposed. Unfortunately, the sky was blown out towards the sunny reflection on the ocean.

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FYI...CS5 is def worth buying...


Quick and Dirty run through with Content Aware Fill:

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This took 3 clicks and a few mins..yea the sky got F'd but the birds alone would have taken 20 mins to an hour before.

AudibleSilence wrote in post #10035071
FYI...CS5 is def worth buying...


Quick and Dirty run through with Content Aware Fill:

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After:
http://farm3.static.fl​ickr.com …40040208_b32c59​da07_b.jpg

This took 3 clicks and a few mins..yea the sky got F'd but the birds alone would have taken 20 mins to an hour before.

Is kind of neat.... Hmmm.....wondering how it would work with bird photography when you need to remove a branch in front the bird while making the bird whole again.

TooManyShots wrote in post #10035122
Is kind of neat.... Hmmm.....wondering how it would work with bird photography when you need to remove a branch in front the bird while making the bird whole again.

Give me a sample and let me try it out.

AudibleSilence wrote in post #10035071
FYI...CS5 is def worth buying...


Quick and Dirty run through with Content Aware Fill:

Before:
http://farm3.static.fl​ickr.com …40039110_6874a9​586b_b.jpg
After:
http://farm3.static.fl​ickr.com …40040208_b32c59​da07_b.jpg

This took 3 clicks and a few mins..yea the sky got F'd but the birds alone would have taken 20 mins to an hour before.

hehe, did you give in and bought it? btw - the sky got messed up in the top right ...

mihait wrote in post #10036962
hehe, did you give in and bought it? btw - the sky got messed up in the top right ...

LOL damm mihait it was just a trial show

vipergts831 wrote in post #10037035
LOL damm mihait it was just a trial show

devil is in the details, mate

speaking of which, PS5 is not scheduled for release until 5/3, what's the catch with those images?

AudibleSilence wrote in post #10035222
Give me a sample and let me try it out.

Here you go Mike. Just right click it.

shomat wrote in post #10037162
I wasn't aware it was available yet. Are you using a beta or pre-release version?

Muhahahahaha

TooManyShots wrote in post #10037150
Here you go Mike. Just right click it.

Good choice! Although Vic i think CS5 will do a good job on it.

mihait wrote in post #10037053
devil is in the details, mate

speaking of which, PS5 is not scheduled for release until 5/3, what's the catch with those images?

Dude...cs5 was released almost a week ago, and yea I only did one pass Hence quick and dirty.

Vic I'll work on that when I get home