birdie

I'm trying again to send this photo

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I have done that often with sunsets. I just put the camera on a tripod and take several exposure, like you would if you were doing HDR then you just layer them and erase what you don't want.

liebgard

Really? Is the pasture so important? I find it distracting from the lovely garden setting, including the 2 inviting white chairs. The green pasture addition takes away from the green lawn and fence composition.

CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida

I would do as LeeG says. Take two pictures, one exposure for the garden in the shade, then another with the exposure set for the bright field and then crop the two together if you can.

birdie

It is there to deal with. the picture looks chopped off if you crop the field out. It takes the house too and that is worse than the white field. The photographer is not happy with the white field, so she wants to find a better way. it looks like she has several options to try now. But now it is fall and will look altogether different, maybe better with the sun coming from a different place.

liebgard

right; you cannot crop it out. I mean, perhaps the field could be colored something muted to contrast with the green lawn and the brown fence, maybe bronze Fall colors

boncrayon

You are soooo right, Nighthawk that the gamut of the lens is often not what you would prefer after the moment of the click. The professional is keen on lighting and does not rely on after effects of the frame. Nature offers its moments with natural light. New high end equipment afforded by their bank account seem to think the camera makes them an instant professional. It's only where the camera is pointed, is set correctly and is considered with alternate direction, natural light, bounce reflection on subject timing and multiple frames with people (who talk and change expressions of their faces) to grab the perfect expression, framing and environment.

I know many local and nationally recognized photographers that use their "skills" and deliver stunning portraits and landscapes from their long-term experience. They are a "professional group" who deliver the frame for its admiration of the viewer. The ART of the professional is taking a hit on newly affordable super cameras that the buyer feels makes him/her a professional. Let natural and professional studio light speak for for the masters, but also let those who grab light in a casual sense, relish in the moment of their unprofessional glee.

Long live the professionals in a new market of technology!

Now that I've ranted, please do not take offense!

angel99 Loc: NC

What about white balance. Was it set for outdoors?

Willy Loc: Alaska

I would recommend trying several approaches.
First, take the same photo at dawn and dusk when the light is a bit more even.
Second, take the photo on an overcast day for the same reason as above. Be sure to keep the sky out of the photo when its overcast.

NIGHTHAWK Loc: Virginia

You are so right Boncrayon could not have said it any better.
I know I may make some people mad but so be it.It make's
me want to jump up and down when all you here is if you had used the rule of 3's and if you don't know the rule of 3's
google it, that is not a rule it's a guide and it is not used
that much.If people would just previsolize the picture
before they put the camera up to their eyes they would
know what the photo would look like before it's taken,and
you can crop the photo when you take it by using your
zoom in or out.Most of the time you want need any editing
if you think and know what you want in your photograph.
im thru preaching just my 2 1/2 cents worth.Nighthawk

birdie

I think this does not address the real problem, but I must admit that not seeing the field there is a good idea, and confines the yard picture to the yard.

robert-photos Loc: Chicago

Although the picture is a bit cool as far as white balance is concerned it is not objectionable as it imparts the feeling of a cool, shady, garden backyard. As in someone elses post, I'm not sure that detail in the field is necessary except that because it is bright my eye is drawn toward it.

Changing the white balance will not overcome the blownout field. The camera is simply not capable of recording the sunny field and shade garden both properly exposed.

That being said, a graduated ND filter is not a useful solution since the field does not cover the entire horizon and portions of the photo (the spruce, lower branches of the tree to the left, the doorway to the right) would be under exposed.

That only leaves a software solution available...HDR or multiple layered photos.

Edmund Dworakowski

As I stated earlier, GRADUATED NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTER.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/graduated-neutral-density-filters.htm

Bullfighter

Other than the white pasture, I would de-saturate the blue cast that is distorting the colors in the shaded areas.

OnTheFly Loc: Tennessee

I don't like it but here it is. Tried to leave the chairs.