Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree - Blown highlights is so much more common now in the digital realm. Checking your exposure is much more important now (compared to shooting neg film). Eric On 10/29/06, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > On Oct 29, 2006, at 6:30 PM, David Keenan wrote: > > > I just feel that chimping encourages lazy photographic practice by > > enabling > > if not forcing the photographer to think about the image *after* it was > > taken rather than before. And *after* is too late. > > I consider chimping a valuable technique if used properly, in my case > to fine-tune exposure. My subjects often have bright whites where I > want to keep detail and by checking the first few exposures for blown > highlights I can make adjustments as nessesary. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >