Digital Camera World - UK (2021-03)

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com MARCH 2021 DIGITAL CAMERA^77

Don’t trust the image on the

Live View screen or EVF for

judging the exposure – it

often appears brighter than

the underlying shot. Use

the histogram to gauge the

exposure instead. If you’re

shooting milk or backlit

water drops, the histogram

should have a peak on the

right (bright) side, without

being pushed off the edge.

Berry good This histogram has a large peak on the right

for the milk, and a small peak on the left for the berry.

Camera skills Histogram check

How to check your flash exposure adjustments

Although you can use a

cable to tether a remote

flashgun to the hotshoe

on your camera, triggering

the flash wirelessly removes

trip hazards. This is handy if

you’re shooting in the dark.

You’ll need a transmitter on

the hotshoe, and a receiver

attached to the flashgun.

Some models have this

technology built-in.

Off-camera An optical trigger uses light to fire

the flashgun. A radio system is more versatile.

Camera skills Wireless flash

Go cable-free to make the job easier

Touch up

splash shots

Get sparkling results by removing

excess bubbles and floating junk

To produce a cleaner image shot against a black

background, shoot raw and open the file in your image

editor. Select an Adjustment Brush with the black point set

to its darkest setting, and paint around the fruit and splash

to reduce the number of bubbles. When you’ve finished

making overall adjustments to the raw file, take the image

into the background layer of a layer stack. You can further

refine the image by painting with a black brush. Alternatively,

add a solid black

colour layer with

a mask above the

image layer, then

paint onto the

mask to reveal the

fruit and the splash.

Use an Adjustment Brush

with the black point set

to its strongest setting.

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