first snow storm in PA: these shots were taken a week or two ago. it was our first storm of the year. i took these with my new sony a3000. getting used to it kinda. the day was very...

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

these shots were taken a week or two ago. it was our first storm of the year. i took these with my new sony a3000. getting used to it kinda. the day was very overcast, so there wasnt alot of color. i tried to capture the wet snow and the snow as it came down.

this one was taken out in front of my home. i couldnt get the color contrast the way i wanted. the green tree and the white snow. any suggestion what i need to change?

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this old tractor was just sittin out in the snow? did i overdo color temp?

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this one is a favorite of mine. taken out the car window going into town. i only had a split second to get the shot right.

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just a house back off a main road. i notice this series of winter shots have a blueish tint to them. i think i used a cloudy day white balance setting. is this normal or do i need to change a setting.

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jsharp Loc: Ballwin MO.

Nice I like the tractor shot.

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

I think it is impossible to get perfect picture in such condition. I tryed to convert 1-st and 4-th pictures to B&W. When I can not improve color picture I convert them to B&W. If you do not mind I can show my version.

Racin17 wrote:

these shots were taken a week or two ago. it was our first storm of the year. i took these with my new sony a3000. getting used to it kinda. the day was very overcast, so there wasnt alot of color. i tried to capture the wet snow and the snow as it came down.

davidk2020 Loc: San Diego

They're rather underexposed, which is what you'd expect shooting very snowy scenes. Search on "18% gray metering" to find explanations of why and what to do about it.

If you're using Lightroom for PP, correction is easy in two steps in the Basic tab. First, make a custom white balance: use the dropper tool and click on the whitest white in the picture, say the snow on the roof. Second, click Tone = Auto. Done.

With your permission I'll upload that result for the final shot. It turns out really rather dreamy, and you could continue tweaking it from there.

Now that I've tried it, those same steps make the first shot look awesome also.

FrodoBaggins Loc: Texas

Racin17 wrote:

these shots were taken a week or two ago. it was our first storm of the year. i took these with my new sony a3000. getting used to it kinda. the day was very overcast, so there wasnt alot of color. i tried to capture the wet snow and the snow as it came down.

All are nice but the last one is so very very pleasing!

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

MMC wrote:

I think it is impossible to get perfect picture in such condition. I tryed to convert 1-st and 4-th pictures to B&W. When I can not improve color picture I convert them to B&W. If you do not mind I can show my version.

I thought about B&W but didnt do it. Please show me what you can do, I am always willing to learn. Thank you

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

jsharp wrote:

Nice I like the tractor shot.

Thank you. I cropped that one to isolate the tractor. It had a real good feel to it.

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

davidk2020 wrote:

They're rather underexposed, which is what you'd e... (show quote)

I would be grateful for you to post your work with my shots. I do not have lightroom or such. I have picasca and paintshop. I am shooting mostly jpeg now as my computer can't handle raw photos well. Thank you for looking.

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

This is my result.

Racin17 wrote:

I thought about B&W but didnt do it. Please show me what you can do, I am always willing to learn. Thank you

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davidk2020 Loc: San Diego

Now that I'm looking at these again, the wide landscape reveals dust on the sensor. You can see 2 or 3 blobs in the upper-left sky area.

(I wonder if my upload didn't work.)

davidk2020 Loc: San Diego

davidk2020 wrote:

Now that I'm looking at these again, the wide landscape reveals dust on the sensor. You can see 2 or 3 blobs in the upper-left sky area.

(I wonder if my upload didn't work.)

I guess it failed so I'm going to try again. Note that although these might appear to be monochrome, they are not. You can see grass and the tree's flesh in No. 1.

Tree

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with sensor spots

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Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

MMC wrote:

This is my result.

Those look neat. Thanks for doing that. I will keep that in mind next time.

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

davidk2020 wrote:

I guess it failed so I'm going to try again. Note that although these might appear to be monochrome, they are not. You can see grass and the tree's flesh in No. 1.

Thats the look I was hoping for. I did see some dust in previous shots and have cleaned it since then.i took a before and after shot on a white background at high apature. After I cleaned it I didnt see any more spots.

davidk2020 Loc: San Diego

I really like the first one. It has nice composition and is kind of surreal. And it reminds me why I don't live in Pittsburgh anymore. :wink:

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Racin17 wrote:

these shots were taken a week or two ago. it was our first storm of the year. i took these with my new sony a3000. getting used to it kinda. the day was very overcast, so there wasnt alot of color. i tried to capture the wet snow and the snow as it came down.

All quite interesting. Most have a bluish color cast. You can remove that by moving the temp slider a bit warmer.