Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To expose (film) to light for too short a time or to light or radiation that is insufficient to produce normal image contrast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb photography To take a
photograph using too small anexposure - verb To provide with insufficient
publicity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb expose to too little light
- verb expose insufficiently
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Examples
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He would underexpose, which made the colours very light – a dangerous thing to do, because it's difficult to get right.
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He would underexpose, which made the colours very light – a dangerous thing to do, because it's difficult to get right.
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Lets underexpose the image a lot, which will turn the sky from the bright (and bland) colour that you see in the above photo to something more moody.
Yellowknife Spring: Available Vs. Off-Camera Flash » Dave Brosha Photography 2009
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Either you expose for the moon correctly and underexpose for the stars, or you expose the stars correctly and overexpose the moon.
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Because the light itself is the subject, it's common for automatic cameras to underexpose these images for tight shots and overexpose for loose shots.
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In many cities, business signage and bad street lights actually cause more light to be directed toward a driver's eyes than the road surface, causing their eyes to underexpose the scene and making objects on the road surface harder to detect.
"He apparently felt something. The car was not driving in a normal fashion." Ann Althouse 2009
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When and if you are ready to move on, simply change your camera's setting to underexpose the shade.
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He did underexpose it a little just to get a lower contrast because the idea is sun is all about contrast so we did do that but nothing too forced.
Director John Hillcoat Interview THE ROAD – Collider.com 2009
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Because the light itself is the subject, it's common for automatic cameras to underexpose these images for tight shots and overexpose for loose shots.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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As a rule, it is advisable to somewhat underexpose in order that the development be regular, progressive, under control.
Photographic Reproduction Processes Peter C. Duchochois
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