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Re: [OM] I blew my moon shot

Subject: Re: [OM] I blew my moon shot
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:40:12 -0400
Ah, yes, of course.  Even if the moon assumes the brightness of the 
bride's dress under the highlight control it still won't be blown and 
can easily be adjusted in post.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/24/2011 6:15 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Why does pressing the highlight button work for the moon?  I'd expect it
>> to work for the bride's dress but the moon has a much lower albedo than
>> that.
>
>
> Because in the scene, you don't want the moon to go middle gray, but
> be at the high end of the brightness scale. You can always pull back
> the exposure more in post, but if the detail is blown out, it'll drive
> you loony.
>
> AG
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