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(Message started by: KK Hui on Apr 15^th, 2005, 8:01pm)

Title: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by KK Hui on Apr 15^th, 2005, 8:01pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/kkhui/Avian/140305_109x.jpg

MPNR
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

KK Hui ARPS
www.geocities.com/kkhui_001

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by Andrew_H on Apr 15^th, 2005, 9:27pm

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!

Andrew

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by me_domchan on Apr 15^th, 2005, 11:26pm

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?

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by Daniel CK Chan on Apr 15^th, 2005, 11:43pm

I should have missed many dramatic shots of you due to my seldom web browsing in previous few months. :o >:(

The shot is awesome and I love the close up inflight shot of this big bird. Congrad! ;D

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by KK Hui on Apr 16^th, 2005, 7:49am

on 04/15/05 at 23:26:20, me_domchan wrote:

... Could you mind share with us how to use evaluative metering more effectively? How did it compare to light meter?

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 ...

KK Hui ARPS
www.geocities.com/kkhui_001

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by raycheng on Apr 16^th, 2005, 11:20am

Great shot & really charming!!! :D

Title: Re: Dalmatian Pelican
Post by Andrew_H on Apr 16^th, 2005, 4:02pm

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!!

Andrew