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@iphonemaster93 wrote:I actually thought of it and just tried that, however it takes a huge contrast for the camera's metering system to really do anything even evaluative; CWA didn't do much. Then I switched over to Spot Metering which showed the biggest difference. I'm trying to balance out the exposure of the vehicle no matter which angle and I'm a naturally light shooter (unless one side has really harsh, unrecoverable shadows).
When you say photographing cars, do you mean car shows?
I have found getting the correct exposure on super shiny cars at outdoor shows to be a unique challenge. The cars always seem to have areas that will want to overexpose. Meanwhile, the paint jobs seem to absorb light to the extent where the overall image seems overexposed. I use Evualitive Metering for most all handheld shots.
I get the best results at outdoor car shows by dialing in [negative] exposure compensation, up to -1 Ev. I bring up the shadows in post, and wind up with what seems to be an overall decent exposure. I am still experimenting with it, because the color of the car seems to make a difference, too. Pure shades of red seem to get saturated. This has been a complaint on some Cinema bodies, too. [My M3 also wants to oversaturate purer shades of red, too.]
Just recently I started ETTR (exposing to the right) to retain all the information I can in the shadows while using the different metering modes but i'm wondering with what I read today so far makes any real difference (exposing with shutter half held vs exposing when photo is taken after recomp). I'm big on retrieving as much color as I can in the shadows so I never go over -2/+2 EV for full tonal range.
I mostly do car events and shows, yes. Two of many samples I have in regards to red. I actually forgot to desaturate the yellow in the front end photo and I also play around with selective coloring in PS.
I dialed back Red on the old Chrysler. Here is a shot of red over saturation, without any adjustment.
[The old Chrysler was also shot with -1 Ev compensation, while this is one my first shots, shot without any AEC.]
Reds are way too hot with the 6D2 on some shots, mostly those with a LOT of light. This was processed in LR, not DPP. I plan to go through the whole shoot with DPP this weekend for comparison.
@iphonemaster93 wrote:Just recently I started ETTR (exposing to the right) to retain all the information I can in the shadows while using the different metering modes but i'm wondering with what I read today so far makes any real difference (exposing with shutter half held vs exposing when photo is taken after recomp). I'm big on retrieving as much color as I can in the shadows so I never go over -2/+2 EV for full tonal range.
I mostly do car events and shows, yes. Two of many samples I have in regards to red. I actually forgot to desaturate the yellow in the front end photo and I also play around with selective coloring in PS.
I feel these shots need a WB correction, not saturation on yellows.
