Snow! (pic)

Jarrell Conley · Mar 30, 2003

Got'cha!!!.....

Well, it is a Snow Ball Plant anyway (I have no idea what the proper name for it is). Taken with the 5700, tripod, spot meter and aperture p mode.

I do sometimes switch to matrix metering mode, especially when the scene is very complex in its range of tones from light to dark and I don't have time to figure out what is most important. But, usually I prefer spot metering, but I would never advocate that it is best in all situations. In this situation it was a no brainer for me because I had time to meter on the white flowers and I wanted the rest of the photo to go darker.
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M.E. Parker · Mar 30, 2003

These are just excellent whites, Jarrell, at least on my LCD screen. I love spot metering, myself...did you use EV control with these at all? I have even been getting wild red and pink blowouts when shooting some of the vibrant bougainvillea here. My contrast and sat settings on my 5700 are set to normal...are yours?

Aren't these just the most lovely flowers! I believe they are Snowball Hydrangeas...I used to grow them in my garden when I lived in California and was a gardening addict (between camera addictions LOL). They also come in the most lovely purples and blues and you can control their hue with the acidity of the soil. Pretty cool.

Thanks, Jarrell. Gorgeous.
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Sandra Jackson · Mar 30, 2003

What a great shot! perfect metering too! its all there, esp in a shot where you'd expect some blown highlights. You've got that spot metering down pat, I'd say. Thanks to your advice, I've just started using it. It's a bit tricky as you have to examine the shot very carefully to decide spot/matrix. This is such a tricky shot to get, but you nailed it dead-on! But then again, what else could we expect from the master! curtseying low

Jarrell Conley said:
Got'cha!!!.....
Well, it is a Snow Ball Plant anyway (I have no idea what the
proper name for it is). Taken with the 5700, tripod, spot meter
and aperture p mode.

I do sometimes switch to matrix metering mode, especially when the
scene is very complex in its range of tones from light to dark and
I don't have time to figure out what is most important. But,
usually I prefer spot metering, but I would never advocate that it
is best in all situations. In this situation it was a no brainer
for me because I had time to meter on the white flowers and I
wanted the rest of the photo to go darker.
Jarrell
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Brenda in TX · Mar 30, 2003

Sandra. Just beautiful.

Sandra Jackson said:
..... what else
could we expect from the master! curtseying low

Muriel S · Mar 30, 2003

Ditto. Beautiful as usual. We have two plants that look alike - the smaller flowers are called snowballs, and the large ones we call hydrangea. Whether or not that is correct, I don't know; but that's what's listed on the plants at the nursery. We have both types - the snowballs are white and hydrangea are bluish purple. Won't be seeing either for quite a while yet, though, doggone it.

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Steven S · Mar 30, 2003

Can you explain why you used matirx metering, instead of the usual spot for this one?
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Jarrell Conley · Mar 31, 2003

set up for normal everything, and I too have problems with strong reds. That is one color that really does not look good with my 5700, especially if it is in the sunlight.
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Jarrell Conley · Mar 31, 2003

It helped greatly that I found these in an open shade area, which helped even out the tones somewhat.
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Sandra Jackson said:
What a great shot! perfect metering too! its all there, esp in a
shot where you'd expect some blown highlights. You've got that spot
metering down pat, I'd say. Thanks to your advice, I've just
started using it. It's a bit tricky as you have to examine the
shot very carefully to decide spot/matrix. This is such a tricky
shot to get, but you nailed it dead-on! But then again, what else
could we expect from the master! curtseying low

How To Post Pictures Here!
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Jarrell Conley · Mar 31, 2003

I used spot metering on this one because of the great difference in brightness between the flowers and the background. In this case, I wanted the flowers exposed as accurately as possible and did not care if the background went darker. Spot meter mode is a little more tricky to use than say... matrix average mode, but if you use if for a while you get used to it. I don't recommend it for all subjects at all times though.
Jarrell

Steven S said:
Can you explain why you used matirx metering, instead of the usual
spot for this one?
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Jarrell Conley · Mar 31, 2003

to ya'lls knowledge of flowers. To me they're those big white ball looking flowers or those little round pink flowers etc.....

My mother tried to teach me the names but she gave up after a while.
Jarrell

Muriel S said:
Ditto. Beautiful as usual. We have two plants that look alike -
the smaller flowers are called snowballs, and the large ones we
call hydrangea. Whether or not that is correct, I don't know; but
that's what's listed on the plants at the nursery. We have both
types - the snowballs are white and hydrangea are bluish purple.
Won't be seeing either for quite a while yet, though, doggone it.

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M.E. Parker · Mar 31, 2003

That's exactly it, Jarrell. Direct sunlight blows out the reds and even magentas. When I slow down a little with the workload I have right now, I'm going to experiment with the same techniques for reducing white highlight blowouts and see if that helps.

Jarrell Conley said:
set up for normal everything, and I too have problems with strong
reds. That is one color that really does not look good with my
5700, especially if it is in the sunlight.
Jarrell
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Sheila . · Mar 31, 2003

What a magnificent photo of Viburnum opulus Sterile!

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dhadz · Mar 31, 2003

Jarrell:

Beautiful shot, Jarrell! Did you simply accept the spot meter, or did you wind compensating towards opening things up a bit (i.e. EV comp +1) to get white vs. gray?

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