fisher Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 I am a beginner and having troubles shooting good photograps in thewinter. My images loses the deteails doe the dark parts or overexposedwhen the settings are adjusted. Since I have a really basic,point-and-shoot camera I was not able to use manual settings. But Iplan to borrow a better camera for the weekend. What are therecommendations to take the best possbile pictures? Are any filtersneeded? I found some tips on a Kodak site but only for film cameras.Any help welcome :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 It sounds like your issue is a camera's tendency to mis-expose when presented with very bright subjects, such as snow. If you do a search in the photo.net archives for "snow exposure" you'll probably find a fair amount of help. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisher Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 Thank ypu for your help. I did search for "winter photography" bout found almost nothing :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_gillette Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Besides this site, do a Google search on snow photography, etc. Most auto-exposure cameras are designed to read a mixed color type subject that approximates an 18% gray color. Snow is essentially all white so in trying to fix that, the exposure often is "off." You will likely need approx. a +1.5 exposure compensation and bracketing can be really helpful. You may well run into subjects that combine dark items and white snow and there may be too much contrast to capture both successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_forester Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 If you are using a camera with a histogram adjust your exposure so that you are not cutting off either end. You may favor a slight underexposure since you should be able to bring out detail with photoshop or a image adjusting program. If you overexpose the detail is not captured and cannot be recovered. You may want to use a warming filter but it is not necessary with digital photos since white balance can be adjusted during raw conversion (shoot raw). No not you, the file capture mode :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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