Viewing The Park - 2nd Mx-1 Test Shot

by davidstorm

Another from yesterday with the Mx-1, this one was to test the dynamic range, from dark shadow on the left to strong highlight in the sky. It's incredible what this little sensor records, the dynamic range is not far short of my K-5iis and K-3 DSLR's.

The subject is my wife Nicky, the location is Rother Valley Country Park, South Yorkshire.
Uploaded31/07/2016 - 21:53
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1/800
Aperturef/3.2
LensN/A
ISO100
Focal Length6mm

Ellida
Posted 31/07/2016 - 22:04 Link
It's a crackin' shot with a wonderfully balanced composition.
Graham
Posted 31/07/2016 - 22:35 Link
As Above, I would like a MX-1
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GIULIO57
Posted 01/08/2016 - 07:12 Link
It works....Please try to shoot another subject similar to this one but using pattern/matrix and average center balanced exposure. Thanks
PPG
Posted 01/08/2016 - 09:14 Link
Very nice David... Lovely balance to the compo...

Best
davidstorm
Posted 01/08/2016 - 14:34 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
It works....Please try to shoot another subject similar to this one but using pattern/matrix and average center balanced exposure. Thanks

Hi Giulio

I was actually using exposure compensation (-1 stop) on this image, so there was some manual control involved. I had taken 2 previous shots with no adjustment and the sky was burned out, so I adjusted backwards to -1 stop and this corrected the issue in the sky. I wanted to see if I could still process the image to show shadow details and the answer was 'yes', the sensor has coped very well with the dark areas. I think just using the centre weighted average, or the pattern/matrix exposure without any adjustment will often result in burn-out in the skies and I always favour 'under-exposure' to avoid this. Sorry for the long rambling response, just wanted to explain a bit more!

Regards
David
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GIULIO57
Posted 01/08/2016 - 15:09 Link
davidstorm wrote:
GIULIO57 wrote:
It works....Please try to shoot another subject similar to this one but using pattern/matrix and average center balanced exposure. Thanks

Hi Giulio

I was actually using exposure compensation (-1 stop) on this image, so there was some manual control involved. I had taken 2 previous shots with no adjustment and the sky was burned out, so I adjusted backwards to -1 stop and this corrected the issue in the sky. I wanted to see if I could still process the image to show shadow details and the answer was 'yes', the sensor has coped very well with the dark areas. I think just using the centre weighted average, or the pattern/matrix exposure without any adjustment will often result in burn-out in the skies and I always favour 'under-exposure' to avoid this. Sorry for the long rambling response, just wanted to explain a bit more!



Regards
David

Thanks David for your "useful"and not long reply. You use same workflow as mine. Underexposure of 1 stop has been enough to "fix" sky. The important is right hour and light at moment of capture
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