{"id":36692,"date":"2014-10-27T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=36692"},"modified":"2014-10-27T08:20:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:20:30","slug":"the-magic-of-d4s-overexposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/the-magic-of-d4s-overexposure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic of D4s Overexposure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is a rule in wildlife photography I follow pretty faithfully. “Don’t shoot critters against a flat gray sky.” The reason is pretty simple. If you expose for the critter the sky is a wash of gross white. Yuck! Expose for the sky and the critter is a black shape at best. Yuckie! The reason is real simple, range of light. The range is too great so there has to be a compromise with either the highlights or shadows taking it in the shorts. Step in the D4s<\/a> (or D4 or Df<\/a>). These cameras can capture a six stop range of light, one stop more that other bodies and that one extra stop can make all the difference in the world. What is hard to grasp is how you get this six stop ability to kick in (and remember to use it!). You can see the difference in these two photos of a Leopard laying in a tree with its kill. The gray sky is a killer and shooting normally, the subject is lost in shadow. The gray sky just looks boring at best. But when you dial in overexposure, yes overexposure, totally the opposite of what common sense tells you to do, these three bodies hold the exposure in the highlights (the sky) and opens up the shadows. This is huge to me and is just another reason why I love these bodies.<\/p>\n

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Is there any other such “tricks” other bodies can do coming up with the same results? I know of one that in theory should come up with the same basic results in a slightly different way. While on safari there were a couple of folks shooting with the D810<\/a>. To them I suggested shooting in the Flat Picture Control setting using the Matrix Highlight metering. This combo should provide nearly the same results though not shooting with the same range. Those who tried the combo liked the results and they were better than not using it. As long as you remember that photography is all about telling a story with light and exposure = emotion, these tools are at your bidding and do work magic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a rule in wildlife photography I follow pretty faithfully. “Don’t shoot critters against a flat gray sky.” The reason is pretty simple. If you expose for the critter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Magic of D4s Overexposure http:\/\/wp.me\/p6YJx-9xO how a tool can expand your world @NikonUSA #nikonambassador","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-36692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife-photography"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"

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