Exposing to the right

9 years 6 months ago #401340 by Miss Polly
 For those of you who are exposing to the right, are you seeing color shifts when overexposing?  I'm pushing mine 1/2 to even a full stop over correct exposure. 

I'm interested in learning what others are doing about this? 


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9 years 6 months ago #401347 by MajorMagee


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9 years 6 months ago #401348 by Todd Knight
How often are you guys exposing to the right?  


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9 years 6 months ago #401367 by garyrhook
I'm going to disagree. The colors are there, it's just a matter of being able to see them with your eyes. PP can bring out those hues.


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9 years 6 months ago #401395 by KCook

Todd Knight wrote: How often are you guys exposing to the right?  


My main case is on a day with a bright overcast, and the sky in "in frame".  So as not to blow out the sky.  Otherwise, never.

Kelly Cook

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9 years 6 months ago #401396 by effron

KCook wrote:

Todd Knight wrote: How often are you guys exposing to the right?  


My main case is on a day with a bright overcast, and the sky in "in frame".  So as not to blow out the sky.  Otherwise, never.

Kelly Cook


Ditto that......;)

Why so serious?
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9 years 6 months ago #401455 by Tim Chiang
I've started doing this a little while ago and honestly I don't see any negative color side effects.  Actually while in Lightroom, when you spice up the blacks I've noticed a nice jump in how colors look.  


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9 years 6 months ago #401538 by Jackson Rieger

Tim Chiang wrote: I've started doing this a little while ago and honestly I don't see any negative color side effects.  Actually while in Lightroom, when you spice up the blacks I've noticed a nice jump in how colors look.  



:agree:  


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9 years 6 months ago #401668 by TGonzo
I have never heard of this before, but I'm kind of new to photography.  Why would I want to do this? 


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9 years 6 months ago #401670 by garyrhook

TGonzo wrote: I have never heard of this before, but I'm kind of new to photography.  Why would I want to do this? 


Expose to the right?

Because some (digital) cameras do a better job with taming brightness than they do exposing darkness. It's more about the post-processing than the exposure itself, and applies to scenes with a lot of dynamic range (brights and darks).

When the term is used, it doesn't mean blow out the bright areas. It means to expose so your bright areas are brighter, and so your sensor can capture details in the shadows. In post you can then tame the highlights and even everything out (read: squish the range back to something that will view well).

If I recall correctly, Canons do better with this; Nikons (Sony sensors) can handle shadowy areas better, and thus the images don't fall short in post.

Some might say you should just learn to properly expose and take what you get, I suppose.

Experiment (in manual mode) on a bright day with a scene that has deep shadows, take a few different exposures, and explore them in LR/PS/whatever.


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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #401675 by KCook

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