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Theresa L. Witt 		 

Black has no detail in my photos


I shoot with a Nikon D300s and I am noticing that the color black has no detail. Is there a setting or technique I can use to prevent this? It is especially bad when there is very light or white areas and dark areas in the same photo.

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December 27, 2010

 
- Usman M. Bajwa

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Usman M. Bajwa's Gallery 		  Try using the HDR technique by bracketing your exposure to recover the details in the dark portions of your image, this will come specially handy in contrasty (dark and bright areas within the frame) situations. Hope this helps.

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December 27, 2010

 

Bob Cammarata 		 
 
  Glade Creek
Glade Creek

Without D-Lighting

Bob Cammarata

  
  Glade Creek
Glade Creek

With Capture NX D-Lighting applied

Bob Cammarata

  
 
Digital cameras (like slide films) have very narrow exposure latitudes.
Your highlight to shadow ratios will never be perfectly balanced in extreme conditions.
Fortunately for us, there is a way to get a little more detail in the shadow areas.
There is an "Active D-Lighting" setting on the D300 which can be utilized to balance harsh conditions at the scene. (Refer to pages 167-168 of the D-300 manual for more details.)

Capture NX Software, which should have been included with your D-300s, also has a "D-Lighting" feature which can balance the highlight to shadow ratio after the fact.
The attached examples show a typical high contrast scene with and without D-Lighting.


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