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ross attix wrote:
If you are Caucasian, take a reflected reading off your hand (in the same lighting hitting the car) and open up 1 stop from there. Manual mode obviously.
There are so many variables in that scenario, not the least of which is the car's color.
You may want to run some test shots for using your hand as a "metering" card to figure out what how much you should compensate ... but, you aren't too likely to forget to have your hand with you.
Metering off the grass can be another proximal strategy. This was my go to metering approach for years back when shooting chromes. As long as the grass is receiving the same light (i.e. not shadowed vs. sunlight, etc.).
If you aren't in the grass, but on concrete or asphalt, you can do the same ... but might have to do a few histo chimps to adjust for the tonal value of the asphalt (which can range from nearly black to very light gray) or concrete.
As you already have figured out, the reflections and dominant color schemes can fool your camera's reflective metering. So, the key is to use an incident meter (as if anyone does that anymore) to measure the light falling onto your subject, or to use your reflective meter against a "known" value ... i.e. your hand, the grass, asphalt, concrete, or a gray card (plenty of pocket card options, too.)
HTH
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