If you need to reduce the overall exposure to avoid the faces from burn-out
that means you have over exposed your images. The background of the scene
could be dark but your subject is the people so you should expose for it. To
bring some shadow details out you may max two different developed images,
one exposed for the people and the other slightly increase the exposure a
little bit.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Good thought but I think my chance of talking to the stage manager is
> about zero. It raises an interesting question in my mind about how the
> DVD turned out. This event is always recorded on video and a DVD is
> made available for sale after the event. My son doesn't buy it because
> it's too expensive and my granddaughter is only on stage for about 5-10
> minutes out of a 2 hour long production. I just wonder how the video
> cameras (with long lenses shooting from the back of the auditorium) fare
> under the same lighting conditions. Actually, since they do sell the
> DVD, I have been surprised for the past two years that they have never
> objected to me coming in with the 5D and a big lens.
>
> After adjusting the color temperature for most shots into the 2800-3500K
> range the overly bright red was considerably subdued but still too
> bright to be completely recovered with just the "recovery" slider in
> ACR. Most of it could be handled by dropping the overall exposure along
> with the recovery slider but then the overall exposure was much too dark.
>
> The 5D treats me well most of the time so I think I'll keep it despite
> its shortcomings. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> May be you can talk to the stage manager, @ ISO3200 F2.8 1/60s is just
>> too
>> dark for enjoying the performance! The Chinese Opera I just shot was
>> having
>> a minimum light level of ISO400 F4 1/60s, four stops brighter than yours.
>>
>> For the difference in RGB channels, did you set the WB to 2800-3200K?
>> Some
>> lower power stage light may be just too warm. Finally, if everything just
>> didn't work out, send me your 5D and purchase a 5D Mark II, which should
>> give you extra one or two stops to work with ;-)
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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