08-27-2014, 07:14 AM
It all depends on your camera and your skills.
The old Rule of "Expose for the Shadows - Develop for the Highlights" doesn't really apply here , as you aren't interested so much in the reflection of light, but the transmission of it.
A Polarizing filter may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizing_...otography)
Some people use HDR:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging
The problem with HDR is that is so easy to use the technique badly- the result being fake looking images.
A delicate old technique is "Masking": Take two exposures- one with a black cardboard mask cut to match the profile behind what is being imaged, and a second to accurately record the background, and then blend the two.
You're using a Lumix DMC-LX7 at 1/400 of a second. Try 1/200 for the Mask, and 1/1600 for the background. That's an extra 3 stops of range.
After maybe a couple of hundred shots, and a couple of hours in Lightroom, something might develop.
Eustace
The old Rule of "Expose for the Shadows - Develop for the Highlights" doesn't really apply here , as you aren't interested so much in the reflection of light, but the transmission of it.
A Polarizing filter may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizing_...otography)
Some people use HDR:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging
The problem with HDR is that is so easy to use the technique badly- the result being fake looking images.
A delicate old technique is "Masking": Take two exposures- one with a black cardboard mask cut to match the profile behind what is being imaged, and a second to accurately record the background, and then blend the two.
You're using a Lumix DMC-LX7 at 1/400 of a second. Try 1/200 for the Mask, and 1/1600 for the background. That's an extra 3 stops of range.
After maybe a couple of hundred shots, and a couple of hours in Lightroom, something might develop.
Eustace