Please, why is sky washed out?
Ingo von Borstel wrote:
Hi, I tried with my polarizing filter and it turned a tad better. However, the sky was still ooverexposed ;-( I can't try again now because it's overcast... we're getting rain soon ... I don't think any filter will help another way you couldn't achieve using only your camera. You just need less light, that is a smaller aperture or a shorter shutter time. A ND grad would help if used carefully. There is simply too much light at the top and reducing the exposure would upset the exposure at the bottom of the image. -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk |
Please, why is sky washed out?
John McWilliams writes:
Bracketing in RAW gives incredible latitude. Even a single RAW image can be developed in, say, two different ways, one for the house, and one for the sky. Then you can layer the two, mask one, and paint on the mask to reveal the bottom layer. I've attempted this from time to time (in Gimp). Where the objects crossing the horizon are buildings it's worked relatively well, but where they are trees, it's proved incredibly difficult - I've found they are too fiddly to get right without strange halos around them. -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/ |
Please, why is sky washed out?
"Jack Mac" wrote in message ... On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:48:16 GMT, "JohnR66" wrote: The solution in a situation where the subject was dark on a sunny, clear day was to use a polarizer filter and dial in -1 of exposure (under expose by one stop). Using RAW too would have helped as the sky was still not as blue as I wanted. John "Celcius" wrote in message ... Hi everyone! Why is the sky washed out while my wife with a point and shoot gets blue skys? It seems to me the sky was quite blue when I took this photo: http://celestart.com/images/publiques/15.jpg Any ideas? Recommendations? Thanks, Marcel You say your wife's point and shoot camera gets blue sky. Why not just use her camera? Is the DSLR really worth all the extra effort? Jack Mac Good question, Jack. However, I bought a DSLR to use it and to learn photography. Otherwise, I would have bought a P&S. This is also why I come to this forum as well as alt.photography, rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, to learn and to seek help from more knowledgeable than I. I find this pastime quite interesting. It also allowed me to work with Photoshop (7.0, CS1 and now CS2). When I think that so many retired people hang around shopping centers for lack of something better to do.... Take care, Marcel |
Please, why is sky washed out?
"Celcius" wrote in message
... "Jack Mac" wrote in message ... You say your wife's point and shoot camera gets blue sky. Why not just use her camera? Is the DSLR really worth all the extra effort? Jack Mac Good question, Jack. However, I bought a DSLR to use it and to learn photography. Otherwise, I would have bought a P&S. This is also why I come to this forum as well as alt.photography, rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, to learn and to seek help from more knowledgeable than I. I find this pastime quite interesting. It also allowed me to work with Photoshop (7.0, CS1 and now CS2). When I think that so many retired people hang around shopping centers for lack of something better to do.... Take care, Marcel You took the shot using an automatic exposure setting. You left it up to the camera to decide what was important in the picture. I've never been pleased with the skies in my photos, using the Rebel XT in any automatic modes. But, like you, I didn't buy the camera to point and shoot. My other camera has a live preview, so I was able to change shutter speed and exposure on the fly before taking the shot. The XT doesn't give you that option, but "mistakes" don't cost you anything. It's time to turn the dial from automatic to manual. Read the book and then set up some test shots. Play around with shutter speed and other settings in increments and see what happens. This is when you'll be glad that you bought a DSLR instead of a pocket camera. You need to take control of this camera... dwight (strictly an amateur) |
Please, why is sky washed out?
King Sardon wrote: If it was a clear blue sky, it would not be overexposed. I don't see the logic. |
Please, why is sky washed out?
2 wrote:
Not likely. A hazy sky has no polarized light. It's scattered! Not that this isn't true, but also the light that you see coming from the clear sky is scattered (otherwise it'd be black like in space); it's blue because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering |
Please, why is sky washed out?
I wasn't there, but the OP says "It seems to me the sky was quite blue
when I took this photo". Therefore, it seems more likely that it just washed out from overexposure. King Sardon wrote: On 7 Jun 2006 08:06:03 -0700, "Pat" wrote: The way to do that is to invest in a polarizing filter. That will allow you to darken a sky like that (plus keep interesting details in it) without underexposing the rest of the image. It will also cut out most glare that you encounter. A polarizing filter will help little with a hazy sky, and the picture shows a hazy sky. KS |
Please, why is sky washed out?
Celcius wrote:
"Jack Mac" wrote in message ... On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:48:16 GMT, "JohnR66" wrote: The solution in a situation where the subject was dark on a sunny, clear day was to use a polarizer filter and dial in -1 of exposure (under expose by one stop). Using RAW too would have helped as the sky was still not as blue as I wanted. John "Celcius" wrote in message ... Hi everyone! Why is the sky washed out while my wife with a point and shoot gets blue skys? It seems to me the sky was quite blue when I took this photo: http://celestart.com/images/publiques/15.jpg Any ideas? Recommendations? Thanks, Marcel You say your wife's point and shoot camera gets blue sky. Why not just use her camera? Is the DSLR really worth all the extra effort? Jack Mac Good question, Jack. However, I bought a DSLR to use it and to learn photography. Otherwise, I would have bought a P&S. This is also why I come to this forum as well as alt.photography, rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, to learn and to seek help from more knowledgeable than I. I find this pastime quite interesting. It also allowed me to work with Photoshop (7.0, CS1 and now CS2). When I think that so many retired people hang around shopping centers for lack of something better to do.... You might find it instructive to look at the EXIF information from your photo and hers and see what was different about her exposure. Take care, Marcel -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
Please, why is sky washed out?
Umm, I'm at a loss on what to say. Let's see, the OP shoots a blue sky
on a beautiful sunny day. It gets overexposed and washed out. Your response is to shoot when the sky is less white? Maybe you (and other posters) think it's hazy, I guess. Didn't any of you look at the picture and see the big-ol shadow from the birch trees next to the driveway? You don't get that on overcast days where I live. The only way to retake that picture when it is "less white" would be to retake it at night. Still, the OP needs to do 3 things. 1. Get a polarizer. Maybe a gradiant ND filter, too. 2. Stop shotting into the sun. The house IS in shadow, but he had to lighten the picture to see it okay. 3. Correct the white balance on the picture. I looks like the picture is lacking some blue. wrote: On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:22:04 -0400, "Celcius" wrote: Hi everyone! Why is the sky washed out while my wife with a point and shoot gets blue skys? It seems to me the sky was quite blue when I took this photo: http://celestart.com/images/publiques/15.jpg Any ideas? Recommendations? Thanks, Marcel You could use a polarizer, shoot RAW, underexpose, meter on the sky, meter on the tree, resort to manual exposure, change the white balance, diddle in Photoshop... Bunch of crap. Take the shot again when the sky is not so white. Fred -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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