On Jun 26, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jun 26, 2012, at 4:18, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> I've also come to the strong conclusion that I wish that lightroom's >> "autotone" feature allowed me to select an area of the photo to optimize the >> exposure in, and to let whatever else (like the window behind the people I'm >> photographing) fall wherever it may. >> > > I kinda do it this way (so far it's been working) if I can't get the tones > the way I want 'em on my own from the get-go: > > 1. Select "autotone" and note that the exposure is way off in the weeds (but > note that shadow/highlight/contrast have been modified with respect to each > other) > 2. Grab the "exposure" slider and expose your subject area appropriately.
I'll sometimes autotone a group, then in Library module, grid mode, use the bump the exposure up or down buttons to try to get things closer. > > Mostly that works. I like your idea, though, of an "autotone but this is my > subject right here" tool but I'm not sure how you'd select a large enough > area to properly reflect what the subject is before you let it do its thing! I'd use something very similar to the crop tool to say "this is the area I want exposed properly". You could use that to select an area on someone's face, even if they were standing in front of a window. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
