Metering off green grass

[Photo-John]

I learned that trick years ago. It was a slide metering trick for outdoor photographers and I don't think it was limited to green grass. I use green tree leaves, grass, whatever. I make an under-exposure or over-exposure judgement call based on how dark of a green I think it is. But it's proved pretty accurate - even for slide film, which is very touchy. Now that my cameras all have histograms and displays with clipping warnings I am not as anal about my metering. But I have found that foliage is a pretty good substitue for a gray card. :thumbsup:

[chopperward]

Thanks Photo-John.

So for dark greens you would under-expose and for bright green you would over-expose?

Basically same rule of thumb as black and white.

Sure the histogram will prove to be a handy tool.