Now I have used multiple exposures, when I wanted the sky included. Kind of tricky, since I rarely lug a tripod, but, after all, there are plenty of trees to cozy up to - treehugging with an ulterior motive. :) Still you can always use Photomerge to line up slightly different shots.
Good question, Emily, I'm interested how else it could be handled.
Renate
On 9/23/06, Emily L. Ferguson <
elf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK. So last week I went out to the other side of my state to a
dance, and along the way stopped for an hour in a reserve around a
big reservoir. It's getting on to fall here in MA, and the central
new england countryside is characteristically rolling hills with oak,
birch, maple, long-needle pine and beech trees. If the woods hasn't
been messed with for quite a long time, like 60 years or so, the
trees are tall, close together and the floor of the woods is full of
granite rocks, pine needles, last year's leaves, ferns, asters, and
other low plants that don't want a lot of sunshine.
So we have the classic deep woods with a huge range of brightness
where the sun sneaks through the tree cover.
What tricks do you use to deal with that ecosystem? Flash? Multiple
exposures at different apertures and superimpose the results? Dodge
and burn in PS? Do you use the curves adjustment to balance the
brights and darks? Accentuate the contrast and ignore the original
situation, which is basically even light with bright spots?
Ideas?
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