Here is another high contrast candid shot, of the two white cars caught in traffic congestion. Okay, the photo doesn't really show the said congestion but a closer look at the photo reveals otherwise, especially at the other driver being distracted. The meter reading was taken off from this driver. The photo of both the Malaysian national flag (center) as well as the capital's, was photographed with the Partial meter aimed at the main flag itself. There was no need to get a reading from either one of the two smaller capital flags in the background. Distracted attention Malaysian flags     Inspecting antique Chinaware Outside Central Market The next photo of the woman inspecting her antique collection of Chinaware was shot under available light, in this case, a mixture of both sunlight (through a sunroof)and fluorescent lighting and the Partial meter was aimed at her face. As for the scene outside Kuala Lumpur's Central Market, I had to wait for quite some time for the sun to temporarily disappear behind the clouds in order to get the photo shown here. The difference in contrasts between the highlight and shadow areas was too great for the film's exposure latitude when the harsh afternoon sunlight was present. The moment the sun was hidden by the clouds, a reading was obtained from one of the mobile carts in the background and the scene was recorded on film. In this photo below, we have the bluish cast again, only this time around, it has nothing to do with underexposure but caused by the shadows of the buildings on a heavily overcast day when the scene was photographed. The Partial meter reading was taken quite close to the central area where the reflective part of the building façade was located. The next shot was a bit trickier, as I had to take separate readings from both the highlight and shadow areas. The highlight area registered a reading of 1/125 sec at f/8 while the shadow was at 1/125 sec at f/3.5. Using the Quick Control Dial to set exposure compensation (was in Tv mode) so the camera would adjust the aperture value to f/5.6 at 1/125 sec, the scene was recorded with the new setting. Architectural shot Getting the highlight/shadow areas correct     Meter reading obtained from the center Meter reading obtained from the seats The garden outside of Kuala Lumpur's Shangri-La Hotel was photographed with the Partial meter reading obtained from the combined highlight areas of the background building and the trees in the center. The trees looming in the foreground were already in silhouette and there was no point in trying to brighten up a dark area. As for the final Partial metering photo in this page, it was a close-up shot of a laminated bus-window and some of the seats inside. The Partial meter reading was taken from one of the blue seats. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .