Best settings for snow photos
May 8, 2012 05:11:12 #
Hello I am going down to the South Island in August and wanted some suggestions for camera settings for taking photos in the snow. I have a Canon 400d with an 18-270mm lens. I do have polariser filters and a ND2-ND400 Neutral Density Fader Filter for long exposure. Hope someone can give me some help with this.
Cheers Alex
Cheers Alex
May 8, 2012 06:17:06 #
alex hunter wrote:
Hello I am going down to the South Island in August and wanted some suggestions for camera settings for taking photos in the snow. I have a Canon 400d with an 18-270mm lens. I do have polariser filters and a ND2-ND400 Neutral Density Fader Filter for long exposure. Hope someone can give me some help with this.
Cheers Alex
Cheers Alex
Taking shots in the snow is no different than any other shot....you decide what settings you want to use to acheive what effect.
If you are asking about proper exposure due to the large expanse of white?
My advice would be to use a hand held incident meter...it won't be fooled.
Now I'll let those who disagree tell you the many other ways to get er done. :)
May 8, 2012 06:49:31 #
May 8, 2012 07:12:31 #
May 8, 2012 08:35:09 #
I also saw some where to change your white balance to custom to avoid too much blue in the photos
May 8, 2012 08:52:34 #
alex hunter wrote:
I also saw some where to change your white balance to custom to avoid too much blue in the photos
Shoot a grey card when you get out there and don't have problems.
Others will chime in with other ways to "get er done" now.
May 9, 2012 07:25:22 #
Snow can be really tricky. My best suggestion is to bracket a lot and shoot Raw. ( beside using CP, ND filters )
May 9, 2012 07:38:27 #
rpavich wrote:
Shoot a grey card when you get out there and don't have problems.
Others will chime in with other ways to "get er done" now.
alex hunter wrote:
I also saw some where to change your white balance to custom to avoid too much blue in the photos
Shoot a grey card when you get out there and don't have problems.
Others will chime in with other ways to "get er done" now.
Meter and a custom white balance with a grey card are the only ways I know for proper exposure and to make white snow look white. I'd be interested if there are other ways to do it,,,,without taking a bunch of throwaways until it looks right.
May 9, 2012 07:48:55 #
skidooman wrote:
quote=rpavich quote=alex hunter I also saw some ... (show quote)
Now come all those who will say that it's too tough, or too time consuming or too expensive to pop your meter once and get an exposure...and there will be more confliciting advice about what to do in this snow situation; one stop over, two stops over... 1 1/2 stops over...just fix it in post...etc....
And the OP walks away more confused than ever and we'll add this to all the other threads on the same subject that end the same way. :)
May 9, 2012 08:00:39 #
rpavich wrote:
quote=skidooman quote=rpavich quote=alex hunter... (show quote)
I'm sticking with what I know is going to definately work :)
May 9, 2012 09:51:36 #
snowbear wrote:
Overexpose by one to two stops to avoid grey snow, and bracket your exposures.
I'll second that. Digital film is real cheap.
May 9, 2012 10:52:36 #
I took a road trip last month and got lucky enough to catch the last heavy snow fall of the year. I also posted here for the settings on my camera and every one was spot on with their advice. Here are 2 shots I took with the setting info for you. I shot these from a moving while my brother was driving so I was using a faster shutter speed.
Pappy
Pappy
F-stop f/8, shutter 1/320, ISO 200, EV +1step
F-stop f/7.1, shutter 1/320, ISO 200, EV +1step
May 9, 2012 14:16:37 #
May 9, 2012 19:48:59 #
snowbear wrote:
Overexpose by one to two stops to avoid grey snow, and bracket your exposures.
I totally agree with this approach and it is the advice normally given for this situation.
May 10, 2012 04:14:44 #
Thanks so much everyone for your advise. I have written all down in my note book. And when I get back will post some photos.
I will not be going till middle of August.
Last year took some photos for the first time just changing my white balance to custom. Below is what I got.
Cheers Alex :lol: ;)
I will not be going till middle of August.
Last year took some photos for the first time just changing my white balance to custom. Below is what I got.
Cheers Alex :lol: ;)
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