Snow and Ice photos help.
Dec 23, 2011 13:24:48 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
I am heading to northern wis. to photograph the sea caves and the waterfalls. There will be ice and snow. I haven't done much with photographing ice and snow. There is the issue with the brightness and then with water, snow glare. Another issue is the whiteness of the snow. I have a Canon 50D and I understand the basics like aperture, shutter speed, white balance, depth of field.
I want to understand the best way to keep the snow white, the glare down and have clean clear photographs that wont turn out to grey or dark looking.
I have used polarizing filter the most and I am trying to learn the use of the Neutral density filter that might help with Snow, moving water photos. Any help will be greatly appreciated and I will take notes.
I want to understand the best way to keep the snow white, the glare down and have clean clear photographs that wont turn out to grey or dark looking.
I have used polarizing filter the most and I am trying to learn the use of the Neutral density filter that might help with Snow, moving water photos. Any help will be greatly appreciated and I will take notes.
Dec 23, 2011 13:32:25 #
For snow, overexpose by a stop or two and bracket the exposures. There are a number of articles on this, just Google "photographing snow."
Dec 23, 2011 13:34:49 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
OK(: then if you have the waterfall with snow, ice and running water would you use a Neutral density filter
Dec 23, 2011 13:38:57 #
overthemoon wrote:
I am heading to northern wis. to photograph the se... (show quote)
I'm in a rural area of Upstate NY. The biggest problem I've had with snow is White Balance. I shoot in RAW, Auto White Balance, and always end up using the "cloudy" setting when processing.
Dec 23, 2011 13:45:09 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
I shoot in raw and can use the auto and then change to cloudy. How well does the auto work when the sun is out and its super bright. Also the other response was to stop up by one stop worried about overexposure.
Dec 23, 2011 13:49:25 #
overthemoon wrote:
I shoot in raw and can use the auto and then change to cloudy. How well does the auto work when the sun is out and its super bright. Also the other response was to stop up by one stop worried about overexposure.
Well the Auto just allows you to pick whatever setting looks right AFTER the fact, in PP. As far as exposure, I typically have to UNDEREXPOSE a few stops as the snow gets blinding when the sun is out. Keep the sun at a right angle to you.
Dec 23, 2011 13:58:18 #
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Dec 23, 2011 14:16:09 #
A CP will help in most situations....just watch your WB setting....snow tends to look blue when you shoot, a CP MIGHT enhance that !
Dec 23, 2011 14:21:59 #
I was walking along a frozen creek with a 4x5 right after a snow on a very sunny day. I found a tree on a bank with a cave under the ground level. I metered the shadows (in the cave) and the highlights (sunny snow). 14 zone difference (Ansel Adams)lol. I overexposed and lenghtened the development time. The detail was in the shadows and you could see the detail in the snow granuales with no area bleached out. So if you are still shooting film thats how Ansel would have done it. I just recently started digital and I have yet to find the opportunity to shoot snow which makes this thread important to me. I do know that some filters will take away the sparkle in some sunny snow photos.
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Dec 23, 2011 14:27:46 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
nikron7 wrote:
I was walking along a frozen creek with a 4x5 righ... (show quote)
sorry I have to get use to how these threads work. double post
Interesting. When I used film it was just to take pics and not with any idea on how to do so. I am most familiar with digital and snow with water is harder for me.
Dec 23, 2011 14:28:57 #
overthemoon
Loc: Wisconsin
nyweb2001 wrote:
A CP will help in most situations....just watch your WB setting....snow tends to look blue when you shoot, a CP MIGHT enhance that !
I am going to try to use both the CP and without and use your other suggestions. Thanks
Dec 23, 2011 14:33:19 #
overthemoon wrote:
quote=nikron7 I was walking along a frozen creek ... (show quote)
I got news for you....snow and water are hard for everyone unless that's the only shots they take ! Here's a shot of my apartment.....it's tough to under expose a shot to get the texture in the snow while still being able to retain detail in trees and buildings ! I didn't succeed in this shot....just a poor example !
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