"A Walk In The Park"©David A. Ziser
This is one of my first images made on my Canon gear. My buddy, Denis Reggie, loaned me his gear a few years back to just give it a try. In his gear mix was a brand new Canon 20D. I couldn't wait to give all these new goodies a workout. I love the soft setting and colors of this image. It was made with a long lens to throw the background out of focus, thus bringing the viewers attention directly to the bride. The result is a simple, elegant bridal portrait of the bride in the natural surrounds of the park. Light, of course , coming from my off-camera flash positioned to the left. Camera specs: Canon 20D fitted with 70-200 F2.8 IS lens at 150mm, F4.0 @ 1/250 second, ISO 400. Enjoy! -David
Very beautiful exposure.
ReplyDeleteAs a film photographer, I tried to expose my film based on an 18% gray card, it is my understanding that my digital camera as well as photoshop exposes my shots at 50% gray. Is there a "standardized" solution to getting back to 18% or is that just something that I have to tweak later in photoshop ?
JerryK
very good ... i like thos picture ....excuse my bad english ... dont find the right words but it´s a picture that give me a god feeling ... make´s me happy and it´s a picture i wold like to have in my portfolio ...
ReplyDeleteas we say in sweden ..fridens liljor ...nice ..and thank you for a god blogg.....
Fredrik - Sweden
Lovely image. The Canon 70-200mm IS 2.8 is my favorite lens.
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JerryK:
ReplyDeleteThat's the first I've heard about a digital camera exposing at 50% gray.
I occasionally use an 18% gray card for later adjustment of white balance, but I've never used it to adjust exposure.
With the histogram of every shot easily viewable on your rear LCD, I don't worry too much about measuring off of a gray card for exposure. Also, when you shoot RAW, there's an effective +/- 2 stops or so attainable via post-processing, so you've got some extra leeway there as well.
An 18% grey card appears around half way on the histogram, that is the source of the confusion perhaps?
ReplyDeleteTanks to all. I'm very new to digital, and have'nt yet explored all that my Canon 40D can do. Exposure is a throw-back to my film days. I need to think in terms of digital now. Mea Culpa !
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