Afternoon all. Bit of a blend of topics here. Some of you will know that I tend to mostly shoot dog events and whilst I'm mostly indoor I do sometimes do outdoor too.
The challenge of indoor is fairly typical with low lighting levels, but it's fairly diffuse so no real issues with glare.
Outdoors though I've found that glare is very tricky, and a nice black and white dog ends up with a huge dynamic range between the highlights and the shadows. Now currently I just shoot these aiming for just a hint of blow-out on the flashing highlights from camera. It gives me the best chance of capturing the detail in the blacks without completing messing up the whites.
I was wondering if using a CPL would help with this? I had the thought after the event so not been able to just have a go and see.
Equally what would people view as the "right" exposure here? As I've described? Or get nearer to what we see with the naked eye and blow out more of the highlights?
Really interested in experiences and views on this. Thanks.
The challenge of indoor is fairly typical with low lighting levels, but it's fairly diffuse so no real issues with glare.
Outdoors though I've found that glare is very tricky, and a nice black and white dog ends up with a huge dynamic range between the highlights and the shadows. Now currently I just shoot these aiming for just a hint of blow-out on the flashing highlights from camera. It gives me the best chance of capturing the detail in the blacks without completing messing up the whites.
I was wondering if using a CPL would help with this? I had the thought after the event so not been able to just have a go and see.
Equally what would people view as the "right" exposure here? As I've described? Or get nearer to what we see with the naked eye and blow out more of the highlights?
Really interested in experiences and views on this. Thanks.