Hi Adam,
Are you shooting slide or print film? It appears that the scenes you shot are
very high contrast. If you are using slide film, you might try print film as
it better handles high contrast situations. You might also have better success
on a day that is slightly overcast or cloudy. Another option is to use a
single coated or older lens as a method of scattering light into the dark areas.
Gregg
From: "Bolty
>I have found the list to be very helpful in answering my queries, so I ask
>again for your help. The other day I was shooting a group of geese with my
>OM-10. Although I was happy with the following poses I captured the geese in,
>I was unhappy about the exposure. I have found that the background is too
>dark. If I had of allowed for an extra stop in compensation to lighten the
>background I think I would have lost any contrast in the geese and lost more
>detail in their plumage from over exposure. I was using Extrafilm 200
>(Basically Agfa HDC I believe) with a 200mm lens at 1/250 sec at f5.6. Any
>ideas on how to compensate for this (filters, bracketing etc).Here are the
>links to the shots in question
>http://content.communities.ninemsn.com.au/isapi/fetch.dll?action=show_photo&ID_Community=AussieColours&ID_Topic=6&ID_Message=134
>
>http://content.communities.ninemsn.com.au/isapi/fetch.dll?action=show_photo&ID_Community=AussieColours&ID_Topic=6&ID_Message=133
>For those interested, my OLY has been busy lately, so I have posted some new
>photos to my photo site
>http://content.communities.ninemsn.com.au/AussieColours/PhotoAlbum
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