 Lani L. Ho |
How do you? I am a newish owner of a Reble 350D XT w/kit lens 18-55mm only. I see so many photos with a nice blue sky, pretty white clouds, with nice green trees/bushes and critstal clear lake. When I take a photo, it is very rare that I get the WHOLE PHICTURE! Either I capture the blue sky and clouds but the lower part is shaded/very dark...or, I capture the green trees/buses, or whatever is in the lower half of my photo, but the blue sky and white clouds aren't there! Just perhaps a very light blue or washed out sky, no clouds!!! How and why does this happed...Why can't I capture exactly what I see in the whole photo...how do I meter it so the whole photo will look exactly as I see it? Any suggestions or comments are needed and welcomed...can't afford to take any classes right now, so I am relying on the friendly and helpful people here at BetterPhoto....Thank you... :-)
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Jon Close |
The digital sensor (like some films) is unable to capture the extreme contrast range of the very bright sky and the dark foreground. There are several solutions: (1) a polarizing filter can saturate the color of the sky and make clouds stand out, but it will still be much brighter than a shaded foreground. (2) use a split- or graduated neutral density filter. This will darken the sky so that it is not so much brighter than the foreground. (3) with a still life and digital you can make 2 exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then combine them with an editing program.
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Craig m. Zacarelli |
and for gods sakes, shoot in RAW format....lol seriously though, shoot in the mornings and at dusk, sunset and sunrise offer the best light for photograps outside, try the graduated filters, they help! also, be sure there actually is a blue sky, alot of times its such a light blue it looks blown out. also, if you have photoshop, try selecting just the sky and then adding the cooling filter feature to it. But a graduated neutral density filter might be you best bet...they go from about 30 bucks to 600.00!!!! Craig-
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