Comments on: Photo Project: Exposure 1

By: andy

andy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:33:39 +0000

I use a Nikon D70. The Nikon D80 is good and the D60 is increasingly a good bargain. Both are better specified than my D70. The D40 is cheap and the same quality as my D70 now!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:33:03 +0000

Truly excellent pictures – what camera is it that you use? I keep thinking about an SLR as they’ve come down in price but just need to make that bold jump…
Thanks for the great pics,

Ben M
http://blog.cheaptents.com

By: Peewiglet

Peewiglet — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:53:40 +0000

Fred said:
Whatever you do do not look at Pâ€¦tâ€™s blog and if you do dwell on thi: A dog will look up to you. A cat cat will look down on u but a pig will look at u between the eyes.

Lol! And then it will produce a revolver and shoot you, if you don’t hand over your tent… *g*

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:08:22 +0000

Whatever you do do not look at P…t’s blog and if you do dwell on thi: A dog will look up to you. A cat cat will look down on u but a pig will look at u between the eyes.
Moving on – I know your pieces on D.photography will improve my hit rate. I have a question tho about the dynamic ranges of the chips used in the entry level DSLRs. If you trying to record a north facing facet in early morning deep shade against a radiantly blue sky can you ever hope to get good exposure on both without layering an merging 2 seperate photos on P.shop or equivalent. I ask because your superb photos have captured enormous ranges of luminosity. Have you merged photos or selected and played with sectors of the shots on P.shop. Supplemetary uestion. Out of 1000 photos – how many blow your hat of when you get home. My current ratio is about 2000:1

By: Andy Howell

Andy Howell — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:28:37 +0000

PW: YOU were still in the pub â€” I was long gone

By: Andy Howell

Andy Howell — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:27:43 +0000

That will be the subject of the next in the series !!!

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:41:21 +0000

And for the cameras that have no manual settings you can often fool the camera by pointing at the sky, apply partial pressure on the shutter button, swoop to your desired subject and then press the shutter button. This avoids the over exposure of the sky. The other way round also works, point at the ground, apply partial pressure…

By: Peewiglet

Peewiglet — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:39:44 +0000

10:44pm? Weren’t we still in the pub at that time? *g*

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:44:15 +0000

coming in the next installement!

By: Peewiglet

Peewiglet — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:57:24 +0000

Great stuff, thanks! I had no idea about any of this.

I’ll go and try it all out, but one question in the meantime. You say to do the bracketing by adjusting either the aperture size or the shutter speed. Does it matter which one we go for?