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9-18 and Polarizer: pics from Mauritius, Indian Ocean
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tedolf
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(beach scene with umbrella) are a bit under exposed.
Maybe only 0.3-0.5 F stop.
If you brightened them just a bit in PP they would look much better.
Tropical scenes are supposed to look bright, these look too somber for beach scenes.
Tedolph
Maybe only 0.3-0.5 F stop.
If you brightened them just a bit in PP they would look much better.
Tropical scenes are supposed to look bright, these look too somber for beach scenes.
Tedolph
tarnumf
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There is same issue, it's just masked off because most of skies are covered with clouds.
If not them, unevenness would be very evident on shots like one below.
Personally I don't care much about this effect and keep my CP on lens during sunny days - probably because I keep my polarized sunglasses on eyes too
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If not them, unevenness would be very evident on shots like one below.
Personally I don't care much about this effect and keep my CP on lens during sunny days - probably because I keep my polarized sunglasses on eyes too
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I would agree with you on this one, but a couple of the others the clouds aren't masking the edges. I'd also agree with weesam that an exposure compensation of maybe a 1/3 of a stop, or a little more in some lighter, would help. I'm still kind of amazed at the smoothness of the blues frame wide. I've shot with a bunch of cameras, even at 35mm you can get falloff toward the edge with a polarizer.I can't exactly remember at what 35mm equiv. I'd start noticing it. Maybe it helps being nearer the equator
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Stefandreas
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I think that's really just a question of taste: I like it very much in the underexposed style and having been there I can tell you that your new colours are far from the reality, much more than my dark ones. It's ridiculous to say one is better than the other. My water tones are nearer to the reeality for the disavantage of losing the shadows. HDR ist the only way to get both aspects correctly. It's like argueing about lets say Ken Rockwell picture styles: some like its massive punch, some find it overdone. I like it, as I like the way E-PL1 underexposes in these conditions very much.
Stefan
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One has to do choices, it's true, Dynamic Range being what it is. However I find that a ND filter is much more useful for landscape on the 9-18, although the PL might deal better with water reflections...
Choices, choices...
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Choices, choices...
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of course, it goes without saying that there is no such thing as "correct" exposure.
Notwithstanding, the chosen exposure conveys an atmosphere and mood.
These are tropical beaches; not a windswept, chilly beach in northern England in February. With that in mind, do your exposures convey a warm, bright tropical feel?
I'd say defintely not; whereas Richt2000's wonderful example certainly does.
DjarumBlack
Senior Member
This image looks overly baked to me.
layer duplicated and set to screen; shadows lifted a little
Some of the shots do look a tad underexposed, but they can be fixed. The problem is that if the shots were even at least +1 EV, the clouds would be clipped. If that's ok with the photographer, fine. It's a balancing act.
for sure; I was working with a screen grab from an under-exposed image, not a decently exposed RAW.This image looks overly baked to me.
layer duplicated and set to screen; shadows lifted a little
Rich's beach image looks just right.
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