Reception - Sunnyjun Jo




The main entrance of a korean traditional house.

Camera:   Contax G1
Lens:   Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2
Film:   Kodak EB 100
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Adjustment:   USM
Posted:   31-Mar-2004

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Reception

Very good composition. The use of the tree is a nice touch, and gives the picture a feeling of being alive. You also have very good exposure within the door way. Please look at my photo at http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=3670 it is taken one wincow to the right of the same wall and roofs. You will note I lost all detail within the doorway. robertmosher1@comcast.net

Robert Mosher     01-Apr-2004 at 06:21

To Robert

Thanks. To get desired result I measured exposure on inside of the door, and I thought that which part of the scene is proper spot to measure. I chose the mortar part of the wall in the shadow. And after going out again with AE Lock, I shot. I have looked your photo you mentioned. I think yours is more difficult to exposure than mine. However, I can see details in the shadow on your picture. It will be managed better in a darkroom or on PS. Professional photographer may revive details in their darkroom, i think. When I shoot the scene difficult to exposure, I exposure same scene several times with different measure. And the place you shot is not a temple. It is a housing. ^^; Are you in seoul now? My office is near the the place you shot. Best.

Sunnyjun Jo     01-Apr-2004 at 17:13

To Robert(2)

I just send an email attaching the photo which is re-adjusted in PS to you (robertmosher1@comcast.net) .

Sunnyjun Jo     01-Apr-2004 at 17:36

Good exposure and interesting

discussion. I confess that I do not clearly understand exactly how you established the precise exposure of the posted photograph. It is very good given the challenging conditions.

George Shadoan     02-Apr-2004 at 18:03

To George

In the posted condition, I try to find where the standard spot is, for exposure measuring. The camera's exposure meter is normally read 15-20% black as standard exposure, so when you shoot dark object such as a black scarf, if you use camera's auto exposure mode, the result will be not dark but gray which is not color you want. So you need to revise or correct exposure in such that case. You should get down 1-2 stop (under-exposure) for getting black scarf. In the opposite case, you should get up 1-2 stop (over-exposure) for getting white snow when you shoot white object such as snow. For the above posted image, if I measure exposure in front of the door, and if shoot without any exposure correction, the image would be over exposured. To be precise, near the door would be well exposured, but outside of the door would be over exposured. So how can I do? As I wanted to catch the detail of the tree and wall, I walked out near to wall then measured exposure, and then I lock the exposure with AE Lock button on the camera, then walked againg to outside of the door, then set the focus on the tree, and then I shot. The result is that near the door is in shadow and the tree and wall which are the subject I considered are well exposured and have rich details. Sorry for poor english. Thanks.

Sunnyjun Jo     02-Apr-2004 at 21:50