taking pictures in bright sun light: I took these this morning with bright sunlite coming in from the right side of camera. What would you have done and what setting would have been...

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

I took these this morning with bright sunlite coming in from the right side of camera. What would you have done and what setting would have been chosen?

Buddy 36

this is hidden from view from highway

again not seen from highway

the old tired barn from the side just off highway

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

I would have put the sun slightly behind, or found a shadow to stand in. My ISO would be about 100. Then I would have put my camera in manual and pushed the fstop and shutter buttons up and down until I liked what I saw. I might shoot a whole bunch changing things in the camera..so when I got home I would have a lot to sort through

I think the third one came out pretty good. what do you think?

Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

First two over exposed the last one not bad. If your camera has AEB you could try that. I have a Canon and in bright sun I usually under expose one or two stops. Check your settings on the last one as it the best one. Good advice on several settings and compare.

artlover Loc: NM

I shoot in the sun all the time. I use a 12 MP camera that has auto
settings and use sunset. My past camera was 7.1 and seemed
to get better pictures just using auto and let the camera do the
work and when transferred to PC, just let the software I was
using do the adjustments. I'm no technie, but I have taken some
great shots over the past 7 yrs. Just have the sun to your back.
I do not look into the sun. I use the camera to judge where the
sun is located so I don't hurt my eyes.

Nice shots. I would probably use the contrast adjustment on the
PC. Tough to judge things in the bright sunshine, sunrise or the
sunsets. Hope this helps. :-)

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

polarizer filter and shooting with a large fstop number like f 16

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

rivernan wrote:

I would have put the sun slightly behind, or found a shadow to stand in. My ISO would be about 100. Then I would have put my camera in manual and pushed the fstop and shutter buttons up and down until I liked what I saw. I might shoot a whole bunch changing things in the camera..so when I got home I would have a lot to sort through

I think the third one came out pretty good. what do you think?

Rivernan...The barn shot was taken by my turning my back to the sun. the other two the sun was coming in from my right. Thanks for your comments.
Buddy 36

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

sinatraman wrote:

polarizer filter and shooting with a large fstop number like f 16

Thanks, sinatraman for the tips. These were shot in manual modes and very hard to see thru the view finder had to cover the glare with my hand to take shot. My first experience of having so much light coming at me.

Buddy 36

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

rivernan..I agree the old tired barn came out pretty darn good. Again having turned my back against the sun makes all the difference. I just had to take the shots wondering what would develop..parden the pun. :lol:

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

i do like your choice of subject matter. If you can get back there either early morning or late afternoon with a warmer kind of light, you'll get much nicer photos.

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

artlover wrote:

I shoot in the sun all the time. I use a 12 MP cam... (show quote)

Thanks Artlover...good advice indeed.

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

Old Timer wrote:

First two over exposed the last one not bad. If your camera has AEB you could try that. I have a Canon and in bright sun I usually under expose one or two stops. Check your settings on the last one as it the best one. Good advice on several settings and compare.

Thanks..oldtimer...I think the last one is fair because of my not having the sun coming down directly on me but due to it being behind.Did not change my settings between takes.

BUDDY36 Loc: Tennessee

sinatraman wrote:

i do like your choice of subject matter. If you can get back there either early morning or late afternoon with a warmer kind of light, you'll get much nicer photos.

Thanks sinatraman...I intend to go back and even get inside the building and take shots inside out, especially if it snows again.
That is a real neat old barn. See my earlier shots of; tired old barn.

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

First question, were you on Auto, or were you trying to shoot manual? If Auto, I would check the camera settings, because these seem overexposed. If manual, well, they still seem overexposed.

Did you change your ISO?

And don't forget, if you're on Aperture or Speed, the camera is still deciding how much light gets in there.

If you're in manual and everything isn't uniformly lit, you should try to identify the key subject of your photo and set your exposure to its lighting. If that's darker than most of the rest of what you're going to shoot, then shoot an f-stop or two higher. You probably won't lose much light on your subject, and you won't burn out the rest of the picture. The opposite applies if your subject is brighter than the rest of the image, but I'd be leery of overexposing your subject.

Lots of questions, you'll have to work out the answers. :)

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

BUDDY36 wrote:

I took these this morning with bright sunlite coming in from the right side of camera. What would you have done and what setting would have been chosen?

Buddy 36

Most important thing I could suggest would be to use a Polarizer. Not only would it make the sjy much more interesting, it would accentuate the colors also. Mid=day sun is very harsh, I have a Warming Circular Polarizer that I use in these situations, it works very nicely. Singh-Ray makes a "Blue-Gold" filter that would make these scenes pop, but it probably costs more than your lense!

SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA

use a polarizer, and shoot a stop or so underexposed in manual mode, or use exposure comp at -1EV.