Comments on: About Histograms http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/08/13/about-histograms/ Digital Photography Tips, Techniques, and Tutorials Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ted @ndes http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/08/13/about-histograms/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 ted @ndes Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:33:54 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=245#comment-1618 Quick edit; it should have read "dodge/burn" above, but I'm sure you all caught the drift. Quick edit; it should have read “dodge/burn” above, but I’m sure you all caught the drift.

]]> By: ted @ndes http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/08/13/about-histograms/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 ted @ndes Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:15:39 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=245#comment-1617 The Luminous Landscape has some great points on historgrams. I would like to add one possible option to their "worst case lighting" example with the overexposed sky/underexposed ground compromise. Do use the Histogram enough so that you won't get blown out details on the high end, but err on getting the exposure right for the dark areas. Then in the "digital darkroom" of photoshop you can be artistic and "dodge" the sky to pull out details and make it darker (it's kind of like their multiple exposure suggestion, but more effective IMO)... I think the suggestion for Ansel Adams as the next book is good paired with this tip, as he was THE negative dodge/burn maestro. The Luminous Landscape has some great points on historgrams. I would like to add one possible option to their “worst case lighting” example with the overexposed sky/underexposed ground compromise. Do use the Histogram enough so that you won’t get blown out details on the high end, but err on getting the exposure right for the dark areas. Then in the “digital darkroom” of photoshop you can be artistic and “dodge” the sky to pull out details and make it darker (it’s kind of like their multiple exposure suggestion, but more effective IMO)… I think the suggestion for Ansel Adams as the next book is good paired with this tip, as he was THE negative dodge/burn maestro.

]]> By: Wylwyn Reyes http://www.yourphototips.com/2008/08/13/about-histograms/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Wylwyn Reyes Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:58:53 +0000 http://www.yourphototips.com/?p=245#comment-1613 That's great advice. often what I see on the LCD is not the same when I get it home. That's an awesome shot btw! That’s great advice. often what I see on the LCD is not the same when I get it home.

That’s an awesome shot btw!

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