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Images => Life, the Universe & Everything Else => Topic started by: Airy on October 20, 2016, 22:30:10

Title: Not yet Christmas
Post by: Airy on October 20, 2016, 22:30:10

At my hotel in Zürich. Df, 50/2 AI wide open (that gets me that glow). 110 ISO, no PP whatsoever.

Title: Re: Not yet Christmas
Post by: Akira on October 21, 2016, 07:41:33

Beautiful.  I like the treatment of the underexposure.

Title: Re: Not yet Christmas
Post by: Airy on October 21, 2016, 08:16:00

That was in-camera underexposure. When doing handheld night shots, I routinely compensate by -1EV (usual street shots) to avoid overexposing the highlights, and to keep the sky or unlit parts reasonably dark. The setting gets increased to -2EV in darker places. At post-processing stage, I then need minor corrections, if any. The shadows remain reasonably noise-free with the Df, or even the D800 after sampling down. In such way, I also avoid lowering the speed, which is generally 1/FL (the "neutral" auto ISO setting).

Title: Re: Not yet Christmas
Post by: Akira on October 21, 2016, 08:45:54

Thanks for the detailed technical info.  The value of the underexposure for the night shots is similar to my preference.