Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]what do you do if you can't meter at the optimum time? Steve J. Codispoti wrote: > To expand slightly on Ted's suggested technique, > the opportune time is when the skylight is about > equal to the artificial illumination in the scene > (depending on certain conditions, about 15-20 > minutes after sunset). > > While at Brooks Institute we had to photograph a > "Night Gas Station" showing detail in the > building, the outline of the hills behind it, and > artificial lights in the station at near normal > intensity while maintaining a night atmosphere. > > Of course the assignment came before the lecture > and instruction on how to execute the photo. It > was after labored darkroom work that we learned > that timing was the key to well balanced lighting > in the scene. > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > Steve Barbour showed: > Subject: [Leica] carcassone at night... > > > >>I added an image to the folder from France... >> > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-74501.h > tml< > > Hi Steve, > Very interesting shot. However a small suggestion. > > When shooting this kind of situation try and do > the exposure while there's > still some light in the sky behind the castle in > this case. Now I don't > mean right as the sun has gone below the horizon. > But when you can still see > some light as this helps lift the outline of the > building or cityscape clean > from the background rather than being completely > black as here. > > This is particularly important when shooting > colour. Besides the faint light > in the sky area keeps life in that area rather > than dead black. Other than > for that for next time, it's well done. > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >