Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hp-pcd!daver From: daver@hp-pcd.UUCP (daver) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Snow Pictures Message-ID: <3500002@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 21:42:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.3500002 Posted: Wed Oct 17 21:42:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 08:17:28 EDT References: <1481@wateng.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:wateng:-148100:hpcvrd:3500002:000:661 Nf-From: hpcvrd!daver Oct 1 17:42:00 1984 One option would be to ignore the snow and other background light by using an incident light reading, if you have a light meter capable of giving you one, or by taking an exposure reading off a neutral gray card (you can buy calibrated neutral gray cards) or off your skin and adjusting the exposure as needed (caucasian skin is typically about one stop brighter than neutral gray - you might want to calibrate your skin). In most open outdoor situations these techniques will give a reasonable exposure setting, though the excessive backlight may cause other problems depending on the film and lens you use. Good luck. Dave Rabinowitz hplabs!hp-pcd!daver