shooting on a winter day
Dec 20, 2013 10:21:40 #
Wall-E wrote:
You DO mean -1, right?
You don't intentionally OVEREXPOSE, do you?
Or is your camera backwards from the norm?
You don't intentionally OVEREXPOSE, do you?
Or is your camera backwards from the norm?
Yes, you do intentionally overexpose, because the meter is fooled into underexposing by all the white tones in the image. It will try to reproduce white as 18% grey, therefore you need to overexpose to compensate.
Dec 21, 2013 11:52:45 #
brucewells wrote:
There are many things one can do, but I will always set my EC to -0.7 when shooting in snow (I use aperture priority mode), then adjust in post, if necessary.
Arrrgghh! Yes, I meant +0.7. Sorry. I normally leave my EC set to a -0.7, but for snow, it needs to go the other way. Sorry if I misled you!!
Jan 27, 2014 23:32:56 #
use a circular polarizer or a neutral density filter..maks it a little easier..meter for the dark and the white will take of itself..
Jan 17, 2021 15:49:12 #
using the hand is good..also expose for the dark in the image and the light should take care of itself,or so i have read.most camera bags are black or brown ,try metering that before shooting..i did use and xsi but shooting the solar eclipse burned out the sensor.pics were great.One of the best things about film is every box had a chart on how to expose that film for each condition..go me thru R.V.N. rather well no meter .just carried the b ox.
Jan 17, 2021 16:05:53 #
carlb wrote:
using the hand is good..also expose for the dark in the image and the light should take care of itself,or so i have read.most camera bags are black or brown ,try metering that before shooting..i did use and xsi but shooting the solar eclipse burned out the sensor.pics were great.One of the best things about film is every box had a chart on how to expose that film for each condition..go me thru R.V.N. rather well no meter .just carried the b ox.
FYI...that saying is for film, not digital. Digital is the opposite, expose for the HL and process for the shadows, as people did with slides when they used them. If you're shooting film keep doing what your doing, if you are shooting digital read up on that saying a bit. Digital blows HL must easier than film did.
Jan 17, 2021 16:35:43 #
Canoe50d wrote:
Snow clung to trees and a fresh blanket of snow is a photo waiting to happen. I would love to hear from others as to what you do when shooting in winter light.?? By that , I mean metering for white out bright light causing the subject to be dark. Hazy gray sky, dull colors ??? Curious what settings you change from fall to winter ........ WB ??
Thanks in advance for any, all imput.
Thanks in advance for any, all imput.
Set the camera to shoot raw. Set your meter to spot meter mode and manual exposure. Measure the highlight where you want to keep some detail, then add 2 stops plus or minus to the reading and use that for your picture.
Depending on the nature of the light, the exposure will either be dark and you'll need to still reduce highlight and reveal shadows, as in the first two images, or you will get a near perfect exposure with no need to adjust as in the third image.
These are some throwaway shots I took back in 2010 using a camera that had limited dynamic range - a D300 with a Sigma 10-20mm Fr-5.6 lens. Current cameras, especially full frame, will have better resistance to over exposure and cleaner shadows.
Using matrix metering and exposure compensation is a bit like a dog chase its tail. Oh, and camera meters don't get fooled, only the photographers who don't know how to set them up and interpret the readings get fooled.
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