This photo of the workmen painting
the fence was indeed shot in Program AE mode. With Evaluative metering. Using Spot
metering would have achieved correct exposure as well. But I preferred to use Evaluative.
The brightness of the newly-painted side of the fence have not influenced the camera
into underexposing was a result of getting it to read the scene differently from
the way it was composed. The trick was to make sure that both the newly-painted and
older surfaces appeared to occupy roughly the same percentage in the scene, and let
the camera determine the reading. After using AE lock to retain the reading, focus
was set by aiming at one of the workmen, recomposing the scene and the picture was
made.
For the scene inside Suria KLCC, the correct exposure was determined by comparing the brightness between the highlight and shadow areas, also with Evaluative metering. In this case, the optimum exposure has to be a intermediate setting between the two areas and once you set the exposure that is neutral to these two areas, the exposure will be correct. For the MINES shopping mall, Spot metering was used. At a glance, this looked to be tricky as there was not a neutral area to be on sight. The neutral area happened to be among those balloons hanging out there. Getting a spot reading on the balloons resulted in the correct exposure needed for the scene. As for the chandelier and the sunroof, the exposure was obtained through Evaluative metering by taking a reading from the inside rather than what's outside the sunroof. Taking the meter reading based on the what's outside the sunroof would have resulted in slightly overexposure and different from what was being shown here. The nighttime scene of the famous Sultan Abdul Samad building was shot in Evaluative metering. No exposure compensation was used. Reason is you don't attempt to increase exposure on shadow areas - what is already dark, just leave it be, concentrate on the highlights and set your exposure accordingly. Experience counts aplenty for scenes like this as they give you more confidence to know straightaway that the decision made is the correct one with no regret of anything going amiss.
The exposure on the mannequin is also tricky - too much exposure and the head will be very light and too little and it will be underexposed. The EOS-3's 45-point AF together with its 21-zone Evaluative metering system took care of the situation by zooming in to the mannequin's face and locking the exposure, then zooming out and recomposing for the final actual shot. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |
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