Hi all
I like to get some idea from you guys. Landscapes. Slide film. Spot meter. Grad filters.
Slide film is said to hold 4 stops of information. Here in NZ, it's summer. The other day I had the classic type with rocks and water on the foreground with the sky in the background (sunset). When I spot metered the water in the f/ground and then spot metered the sky just away from the actual sun; the difference was 4 stops. Do I need to use a grad filter, Velvia can hold 4 stops of information right? Articles online says if the difference is 4 stops, then use a 4 stop filter, if the difference is 1 stop use a 1 stop filter.
How would it look like I didn't use a filter? Does the 4 stop difference in the scene means from the darkest blacks to the whitest whites that still have detail? So I would need to expose the foreground to be 2 stop under midtone and then allow the sky to be 2 stops brighter than midtone? So the sky would be brighter a bit washed out than what it appears to the eye?
Like to hear your views ...
Thanks.
Edit - please move this to the Style and Technique section, just found this. Apologies.
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