Having difficulty dialing in the correct exposure?

Highlights blown out and/or details in shadows lost?

Read on..

"So, basically, the histogram's left to right directions are related to the darkness and lightness of the image, while the up and down directions of the histogram (valleys and peaks) have to do with color information. I repeated this for emphasis! The left (dark) to right (light) directions are VERY important for your image making. If the image is too dark, the histogram will show that by clipping off the light values on the left, or, if too light, by clipping on the right. This will become easier to understand as we look at well exposed and poorly exposed images."


Article in it's entirety can be found at:

Guides @ Nikonians

Thanks Les for this great site. Now I need more time to read.

Tanju

You are more than welcome, Tanju. Glad you find the site to be informative.


Lil' bump here.. as the article linked to above is an invaluable one (in my opinion, of course).

Reading through, and looking at the posted examples that accompany the sampled histograms ... is a quick step towards that of taking properly exposed photos.