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The Zone System gives photographers a scientific way to evaluate a composition's tone range. It also instructs the photographer on how to modify the camera's exposure settings so that the image is captured exactly as the photographer envisions it.
Black And White
Color
Zone II (2)– Black but with the first hint of texture.
Zone III (3) -Average very dark tones and low values that show visible texture.
Zone IV (4) - Average dark foliage, dark stone, or landscape shadow
Zone V (5)-This is middle gray. Clear north sky, dark skin, average weathered wood.
Zone VIII (7)– White with detail, very light skin, shadows in the snow with acute sidelight.
Zone IV (4)– Dark green. Evergreen trees average dark foliage, dark stone, or landscape shadow.
Zone V (5)- Under-exposure. Those tones are blue and Clear north sky.
Zone VII (7)– White with detail, very light skin, shadows in the snow with acute sidelight.
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