Comments on: Working the Histogram in Wildlife Photography http://www.photo-africa.com/2009/10/working-the-histogram-in-wildlife-photography/ Photo Workshops | Photographic Safaris | Equipment Rentals Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:24:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Expose to the Right | Photo-Africa http://www.photo-africa.com/2009/10/working-the-histogram-in-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-10630 Expose to the Right | Photo-Africa Tue, 10 May 2011 13:48:10 +0000 http://www.photo-africa.com/?p=189#comment-10630 [...] your camera this will make a little more sense.  For a more detailed look at the histogram check this post but the bottom line is this.  Black is on the left, white is on the right and your mid tones are [...] [...] your camera this will make a little more sense.  For a more detailed look at the histogram check this post but the bottom line is this.  Black is on the left, white is on the right and your mid tones are [...]

]]> By: berkshire wedding photographer http://www.photo-africa.com/2009/10/working-the-histogram-in-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-3898 berkshire wedding photographer Thu, 13 May 2010 18:45:03 +0000 http://www.photo-africa.com/?p=189#comment-3898 Superb! I'm very jealous of those images, I wish I could do as well.Those photos took a lot of talent to make, well done. I've bookmarked this site. Superb! I’m very jealous of those images, I wish I could do as well.Those photos took a lot of talent to make, well done. I’ve bookmarked this site.

]]> By: Alistair Cotton http://www.photo-africa.com/2009/10/working-the-histogram-in-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-3037 Alistair Cotton Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:14:47 +0000 http://www.photo-africa.com/?p=189#comment-3037 Thanks for this excellent article Gerry. However, I think you meant to write "In digital photography an overexposed . . ." rather than "underexposed". Interestingly though, I see exposing to the right just before the highlights blow (and then correcting the histogram in post processing) is starting to become something of an accepted norm in professional post processing for digital. Apparently it has something to do with most colour residing in the brighter part of an image - so you want your initial capture to be brighter across the range to obtain a greater effective range of colour. More info here: http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml Thanks for this excellent article Gerry.

However, I think you meant to write “In digital photography an overexposed . . .” rather than “underexposed”.

Interestingly though, I see exposing to the right just before the highlights blow (and then correcting the histogram in post processing) is starting to become something of an accepted norm in professional post processing for digital.

Apparently it has something to do with most colour residing in the brighter part of an image – so you want your initial capture to be brighter across the range to obtain a greater effective range of colour.

More info here: http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml

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