Thanks for the positive response guys. ; In regards to how I did it - I'm pretty sure it just depends on where you take your exposure information. ; This photo has very little processing except for a slight crop to even up the sides.
Auto bracket exposure, Shutter priority AE, 1/50 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1600, Compensation: +2 Where you using a spot meter or center weighted? ; I'm a little surprised that the regular meter would actually think the scene was underexposed for this shot! ; (compensation +2 yet still have underexposure to cause the effect? wow.)
Well that was my first night there and I was doing a lot of different things. ; At one time I did go to a spot meter. ; The lighting can be very challenging at night in the Magic Kingdom. I'm still learning a lot about exopsure and how that works. ;
to achieve this effect, all you have to do it meter for the background. ; it will be properly exposed, and since it's bright, everything else will be underexposed. ; very nice photo... ; might have to add that one to my 'to do' list!
Back when my website used to give tips for photographing Fantasmic! with FILM (800 speed max folks) I really enjoyed this site, which is 11 years old, but still useful to understand EV - which is still standard in the industry - look in the specs for your camera and it'll give EV ranges for the autofocus to work. http://www.chem.helsinki.fi/~toomas/photo/ev.html Site's still there. ; Good basic knowledge for if you know what EV your scene is at, you can change the ISO, aperture, or shutter speed to match the same light level - not the same exact picture mind you, but the same exposure for the film (ehh sensor). The biggest change I think is that you do have to play with exposing to the left nowadays...(another subject altogether)
Good deal. ; I'll bookmark that site, thank you. ; I also bought the Jeff Wignall book on exposure and I'm told its a great resource. ;
