P A Я T H A
INTROSPECTION
Best viewed in Black. Click on the photo to view in Black .
This was taken on a harsh light. I was looking for landscape those big mountains those running rapids. Greenery was easily noticeable in patches. The monastries are perched on hills. The windows are small and has glass panes. Through one of the window where the Maitreya Buddha resides, i saw this view. Oasis of greenery. I wanted to use the reflction in the window pane as that made the view perfect. Incidentally the view in the indow pane was mirror like. Armed with my Cokin GND Filters, decided to vertically stack them so that the exposure is even across the frame and the transparent glass in the window frame is completely reflective.
Shooting in harsh light taught me a few things.
0. Shoot in manual mode . Auto mode will definitely spoil you pictures which burned highlights.
1. Camera Metering doesn't work (I use a e520 so cannot say about other cameras) as expected in harsh light. Often the metering has to be a few stops, below. Most of my shots in day light had been shot at -1 or below. Control the aperture.
2. For tele (i have a 70-300 mm Zuiko, 4-5.6) the metereing even gets worse at lower aperture (say f9 and higher focal length), in harsh light. At times i had to shoot at -2 to get the correct exposure. Introduce stability in your tripod.
3. It would take a few shots to get the correct metering values for the right exposure. Do it before hand.
INTROSPECTION
Best viewed in Black. Click on the photo to view in Black .
This was taken on a harsh light. I was looking for landscape those big mountains those running rapids. Greenery was easily noticeable in patches. The monastries are perched on hills. The windows are small and has glass panes. Through one of the window where the Maitreya Buddha resides, i saw this view. Oasis of greenery. I wanted to use the reflction in the window pane as that made the view perfect. Incidentally the view in the indow pane was mirror like. Armed with my Cokin GND Filters, decided to vertically stack them so that the exposure is even across the frame and the transparent glass in the window frame is completely reflective.
Shooting in harsh light taught me a few things.
0. Shoot in manual mode . Auto mode will definitely spoil you pictures which burned highlights.
1. Camera Metering doesn't work (I use a e520 so cannot say about other cameras) as expected in harsh light. Often the metering has to be a few stops, below. Most of my shots in day light had been shot at -1 or below. Control the aperture.
2. For tele (i have a 70-300 mm Zuiko, 4-5.6) the metereing even gets worse at lower aperture (say f9 and higher focal length), in harsh light. At times i had to shoot at -2 to get the correct exposure. Introduce stability in your tripod.
3. It would take a few shots to get the correct metering values for the right exposure. Do it before hand.