I
lncidenl
Light Meosuremenl
'
lf the
subiect
is inoccessible, use
the substitule method of meosuring
(see poge
6).
Do not
use the
foster shutter speeds
for close-up
shots
of
woves
or breokers; otherwise,
you get
the displeosing
"freeze
effect" which
mokes the swirling woter oppeor
like ice
suspended
in the oir.
A smoll
dose
of motion blur
is
preferoble.
For slow
"rollers"
in
the
medium
distonce,
the correct shutter speed
lies
oround
r/so
while
croshing
"breokers"
demond
lll;,s
to
1/zso
sac. Use
this
informotion
os
o
guide
ond
goin your
own experience
in
I
obtoining the
most
pleosing
effect.
@l
I
con
odd
dromo
ond o third dimension to
your picture.
Depending
on
the illuminotion,
obiects ore outlined with
shining contours
-
long
shodows
reoch
toword the comero
-
folioge
shimmers
-
silhoueites
ore creoted.
Bock
lighfing
moy
light the subiects
from
the most
voried ongles; becouse
of
this
voriety,
only
generol
suggestions
for exposure meosuremenis con be mode. Be'sides, much
will
depend on
your
own creotive oims.
Let's ossume
your
scene
comprises o
group
of bock-lighted
trees,
with o bright
londscope
beyond.
lf,
on the one
hond,
you
meosure only
the
dork
trees
(by
reflected
or
incidenl
meosuring
method) ond on the other
hond
only
the bright londscope
(to
gef
o reflected
light reoding,
you
might
iust
wolk
to the left or right of the
group
of
trees),
you
will
get
two
extreme
reodings.
lf
you
expose correcily
for the trees,
you
will
hove o
greotly
over-
t*p"?"q,5.g9lglrdu-ndif
v.y
expose correctly
for
the bockground,londseopel
]he
trees
witt
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