When shooting something that has a lot of green, are you suppose to +1 stop or -1 stop?

12 years 8 months ago #129794 by Moossmann
I thought I saw someplace that when you are taking a portrait of someone who is let's say sitting on nice green grass, you are suppose to either increase exposure compensation by +1 Stop or -1 Stop?

Which is it?


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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #129796 by MLKstudios
The dangers of gathering crumbs. Be careful, they aren't all dropped by experts.

Green can be dark or light, and is usually close to the middle. So, it would depend on the "color" of the green.

In general, a nice green lawn is a good middle tone. NO exposure compensation is needed.

If the lawn is burnt out, then you may want to add a stop.

And yes, you are allowed to shoot below 1/125. That's why those other shutter speeds are there!

Matthew :)

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12 years 8 months ago #129798 by Nikonjan
Hmm, I know if you are shooting snow, you go plus 1 stop because the metering wants to make it gray so that makes it brighter. Hadn't thought about green grass and a person. I don't do anything different but meter off the person, check your histogram and picture on the back to see what you need to adjust.

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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #129801 by MLKstudios
Good point Jan. The exposure on the subject is more important than the exposure on the grass...

... unless the grass IS your subject. ;)

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12 years 8 months ago #129816 by Prago
Personally i will add or subtract depending on how the photo looks

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12 years 8 months ago #129817 by Henry Peach
In my neck of the woods a healthy green lawn is pretty close to middle gray tone. Of course after a summer of relentless heat there aren't many healthy green lawns around.

I might need to dial in +1 exp comp because my subject sitting on the grass is lighter than middle gray, but it doesn't have anything to do with the color green.
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12 years 8 months ago #129913 by Joves
As Jan said you always meter off the subject. Also if they are wearing white you may want to drop it 1/3 or so. I never use the Comp because Im shooting in manual and can stop it down or up as needed.


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12 years 8 months ago #129916 by MLKstudios
Don't you mean add? If you meter white, your meter will make it underexposed.

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12 years 8 months ago #129929 by Joves
I said up or down. I personally meter somewhere in between the persons face and the offending white clothing. Ofcourse this is lighting dependent as with any shot.


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12 years 8 months ago #130131 by Bethie
Wouldn't you want to use a circular polarizer filter to bring out the green?


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