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KK Hui
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Dalmatian Pelican
« on: Apr 15th, 2005, 8:01pm » |
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14/03/2005
The lost of valuable images due to recent BBS server mishap is a sad one. To share with you once again, here is a repost of one of my favorite shots of this Delmatian Pelican in its breeding plumage/color.
The group of 15 just left Hong Kong two days after this image was taken ... 
EOS-1D Mk II, EF500/4L IS + EF1.4x
Evaluative @ +1/3, ISO 200
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Re: Dalmatian Pelican
« Reply #1 on: Apr 15th, 2005, 9:27pm » |
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A stunning image - I wish it were mine! It is interesting that the meter only needed +1/3 with presumably a lot of reflected light - pretty darned good metering!
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Re: Dalmatian Pelican
« Reply #2 on: Apr 15th, 2005, 11:26pm » |
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KK, I just wish I can see it that close......
Could you mind share with us how to use evaluative metering more effectively? How did it compare to light meter?
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Re: Dalmatian Pelican
« Reply #3 on: Apr 15th, 2005, 11:43pm » |
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I should have missed many dramatic shots of you due to my seldom web browsing in previous few months.  
The shot is awesome and I love the close up inflight shot of this big bird. Congrad! 
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KK Hui
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Re: Dalmatian Pelican
« Reply #4 on: Apr 16th, 2005, 7:49am » |
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on Apr 15th, 2005, 11:26pm, me_domchan wrote:| ... Could you mind share with us how to use evaluative metering more effectively? How did it compare to light meter? |
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Evaluative metering even in Canon's professional series bodies is not perfect. Exposure compensation is required depending on the lighting situation you're shooting.
Using an handheld incident light meter provides you a far more accurate reading and often without the need of compensation at all. But it has its limitation too.
A simple rule of thumb in using Canon's Evaluative Metering is to add back 1/3 to 1 EV when shooting against a bright backgound. The actual amount is determined by the type of light; more if the light is scattered like on a bright but overcast day and less if you have direct sunlight on the subject ...
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Re: Dalmatian Pelican
« Reply #6 on: Apr 16th, 2005, 4:02pm » |
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If the light at the boardwalk is reasonably even I tend to take a reading off the top of one of the tyres and then an out of focus reading of the general area to compare readings and then set my exposures manually. I rarely use the EV itself but it tends to need +1 from the straight EV - that is a generalisation but around +2/3 isn't going to be too far out. I did some photography in the Galapagos Islands a years back and it was amazingly difficult with light birds against bright skies, sea and/or bright sand or dark birds such as lava heron against volcanic rocks. I took a grey card with me and used it extensively but you can't throw a grey card out on to the mud flats at Mai Po but perhaps WWF could attach one permanently to a buoy for us!!
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