What Happened? What happened to my "whites"? Canon 600d (T3i) 18-55 kit lens. Unfortunately no lens hood, Shot on Auto (still learning)...

Black Cat Loc: Melbourne Australia

What happened to my "whites"?
Canon 600d (T3i) 18-55 kit lens. Unfortunately no lens hood, Shot on Auto (still learning)

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Tina

I'm an amateur but, I believe it's from the bright sunlight reflection on the white colored objections and the water. Exposure compensation may help.

Black Cat Loc: Melbourne Australia

Tina wrote:

I'm an amateur but, I believe it's from the bright sunlight reflection on the white colored objections and the water. Exposure compensation may help.

Thank You Tina, I Thought it might be something to do with white balance.

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

You are quite right, over-exposed. Set white balance to auto and set Av (aperture) priority and ISO 100. In such bright conditions the use of a lens hood would help prevent lens flare. Just my thoughts though.

artistwally Loc: Scotland

The spraying of the "whites" seems to be to the right in the images - check there is not a finger print or smudge on your lens or UV filter (if you use one). If your lens is not pristine this effect may occur.
Artistwally

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

From the look of the shadows, this is very close to high noon - the brightest light and toughest to get right . I think the issue is the large amount of shadow in the frame - your auto exposure is struggling to see into the shade, and it guessed wrong. Start messing with settings - start with aperture mode, then try shutter mode, and keep fiddling! You ARE smarter than your camera - it just has the 1's and 0's arranged in very clever ways (Onboard computer)

Black Cat Loc: Melbourne Australia

Leicaflex wrote:

You are quite right, over-exposed. Set white balance to auto and set Av (aperture) priority and ISO 100. In such bright conditions the use of a lens hood would help prevent lens flare. Just my thoughts though.

Thank you, yes I have a lens hood for my main lens, I rarely use this one, didn't even think of it.!!

Black Cat Loc: Melbourne Australia

artistwally wrote:

The spraying of the "whites" seems to be to the right in the images - check there is not a finger print or smudge on your lens or UV filter (if you use one). If your lens is not pristine this effect may occur.
Artistwally

Thank you Artistwally I will check that. Good Theory

Black Cat Loc: Melbourne Australia

Ugly Jake wrote:

From the look of the shadows, this is very close to high noon - the brightest light and toughest to get right . I think the issue is the large amount of shadow in the frame - your auto exposure is struggling to see into the shade, and it guessed wrong. Start messing with settings - start with aperture mode, then try shutter mode, and keep fiddling! You ARE smarter than your camera - it just has the 1's and 0's arranged in very clever ways (Onboard computer)

Thank you Jake, So I confused the camera? well it makes a change from it confusing me!!!! LOL and yes it was very close to noon. Thanks Again

donrosshill Loc: Delaware & Florida

If you look close you can see that all the images have a diffuse light spread around all the highlight areas. I think it may be that your lens has moisture on the reap element. Perhaps even the front.
Check both for moisture or some other dirt or oil film.

wtw2143 Loc: West Hempstead, NY

IMHO you should get this book by Bryan Peterson, it will really help you understand exposure/light and get better results in most of your photos. Look for it on Amazon; it's called:
-Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera, by Bryan Peterson.

PipesCJ7 Loc: Cordova, Alaska/Shoreline, WA/ Merritt, BC

Black Cat wrote:

What happened to my "whites"?
Canon 600d (T3i) 18-55 kit lens. Unfortunately no lens hood, Shot on Auto (still learning)

Always use the lens hood, it prevents glare. Also adjust the "White Balance" and stop down the exposure compensation. Try to photograph with the sun behind you if possible? CJ7

DRC56 Loc: Sartell, MN

A polorizing filter would have absorved the light bouncing off the white. 4 hours after sunrise, the sun is getting pretty high up.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Black Cat wrote:

What happened to my "whites"?
Canon 600d (T3i) 18-55 kit lens. Unfortunately no lens hood, Shot on Auto (still learning)

Actually, using your camera on auto would the problem I'd look at. Your camera was exposed to the darker areas of the shot so the whites were blown out... it even used to happen to me in video for television... same problem.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

artistwally wrote:

The spraying of the "whites" seems to be to the right in the images - check there is not a finger print or smudge on your lens or UV filter (if you use one). If your lens is not pristine this effect may occur.
Artistwally

I agree. The trees are also blurred in a similar way although they aren't white. I suspect a big nasty greasy fingerprint giving a soft focus filter effect like they use to use Vasoline on a UV filter for in the film days.