Hmmm I think the last sentence pretty much says it all!
"Totally different method than when I shot film where I
did the initial spot reading and then bracketed."
Allan
>From: Richard Lovison <rlovison@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: [photo] Dennisport sunrise 4
>Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:34:40 -0500
>
>
>Russ Butler wrote:
> > Richard Lovison wrote:
> >> This was taken 12 minutes after sunrise 3... a bit more dramatic. I
>decided
> >> to photoshop the buoy from this image.
> >>
> >> http://sylv.inkwell.com.ru/temp/capesunrise4.html
> >>
> >
> > OH, I really like that one.
> > How'd you meter it?
>
>Thanks Russ. I took a spot reading of the sky away from the rising sun
>and then opened up a stop. That got me close to what I needed. When
>shooting with the E-1 I normally shoot RAW with the contrast set to -2
>which gives me a histogram readout very close to what is in the RAW
>data. I'll usually try and push the exposure as far to the right as
>possible without blowing out the highlights. So after setting my
>initial exposure and taking a shot, more times than not I'll check the
>histogram and make corrections if necessary. I'll set the final
>exposure when I do the RAW conversion and usually bring the contrast
>back up to zero. Totally different method than when I shot film where I
>did the initial spot reading and then bracketed.
>
>Richard L
>
>
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