Kiron Kid wrote:
The High Lonesome of Oregon state.
Polarizing anything over 28mm's in focal length can cause uneven tones in the sky. Which does not bother me. Some people dislike it.
SVP
MtnMan wrote:
Or reduce luminosity in Lightroom.
I would start the darkening process by dropping the highlights first. It's not widely appreciated just how much or how often the sky is affected by haze. You'll find that whatever steps you normally take to reduce haze will help with the general appearance of the sky. If the shot as a whole doesn't respond favourably to dehazing, the sky can be selected for targeted adjustments. These would typically consist of darkening the Highlights and increasing the Contrast and Clarity. These adjustments may be so effective at strengthening the sky's colour that you might have to desaturate a bit as well. In addition to improving the colour, these adjustments will also help to bring out details, definition and drama in the clouds - which are also worthwhile improvements.
Expose for the sky, pick an area 45 degrees or so away from the sun, get the exposure, recompose and rake your photo. This will also help you get deep colors in your sunset photos
papa
Loc: Rio Dell, CA
photoman022 wrote:
There are a few ways to get blue skies:
1. Shoot with the sun at your back.
2. Use a circular polarizing filter. In this case the sun has to be 90 degrees to either side of your subject for this to work.
3. Expose for the sky. If you do this you will lose detail in the other elements of your photo (as you can see in your example)
4. Use a tripod and take multiple (at least 3) exposures for the sky, for midtones, for shadows and then (using post-processing software) combine them into a single image (HDR).
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5. Use a 6-10+ graduated ND filter, huh?
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
great8hiker wrote:
How does one get a blue sky in photos? When I take a picture of sky the color blue always seems washed out. Using a SONY DSC-HX80 camera.
You have to remember that a photo is a camera's way of looking at things. Your eye will always see it differently. Need more info about your photo. Check the -store original- box so we can see the EXIF data. In post you can tweak color,contrast, saturation- etc, etc, etc. Here is one of mine with a CPL. I exposed and metered for water to get DOF and color. Also cropped and adjusted for color in Post
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