QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan Ok I need help here guys. Here are two different Photos I took yesterday. ..snip.. The first one is way on the dark side. The second one is much brighter because the sun was out. How do I get a brighter shot when it is very cloudy like it was yesterday? I was useing an ISO of 200. I have many choices of useing the ISO. Auto,80,100,200,400,800 And 1000.Whice ISO should I use when the sun is shineing? And which ISO should I use when it is Cloudy? Thanks,Allan.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Hugh Jampton You don't say what kind of camera you have but the best thing you can do is to take the manual out with you (shock horror), and take lots and lots and lots of pictures using all of the different settings under different conditions. You'll eventually get the hang of it.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ben10ben "In the example you show at the beginning, adding one stop of over exposure would probably give the correct appearance for the locomotive, but the cloud detail will be lost, of course." And that's the nature of digital photography. No matter what, that's one area where print film is now and always will be superior. And to go back to what I was saying earlier, dialing more contrast into the camera may make it easier for this to happpen.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ben10ben That may be true, but you do have to admit that they're both very different animals. Had I been making the same shot in the initial post with print film in my T90, I would have just spot metered and averaged the train and the ground and let the sky fall where it wanted. The sky may have blown out on the print, but I probably could have salvaged it with some careful scanning. I'm not even sure how to go about doing the same thing with digital, although admittedly my experience doesn't go much beyond using a point and shoot. I would guess that you would expose for the sky and then try to bring up the shadows. Since many point-and-shoots don't have the ability to record in RAW, you may not be able to do this. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. And if you were using slide film, you're pretty much out of luck on dynamic range. I would have, again, metered the train and ground, then tweaked it a little bit, and hope that the sky wouldn't blow out completely. By the way, great shot, Chris.
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