Thursday, 4 November 2010

OCA Course: Colour - Control the strength of a colour




Control the strength of a colour: This is a stable door in Germany. It was brand new. I used a Canon EOS 1D Mk111 and a 100-400 zoom to image a section of it, and took the required exposures. It was a nice sunny day.

1. One stop overexposure: The colour and metalwork are a little "washed-out".


2. Half a stop overexposed: Acceptable.


3. Correct exposure as per camera meter. Good detail in metalwork, colour accurate.


4. Half a stop underexposed: The green may be a little more saturated, but looks dull to me.


5. One stop underexposed: Dull and dreary.


Conclusion: The correct reading from the camera meter looks best to me, which just goes to show that modern technology is quite good.

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