Please, why is sky washed out?
Ottawa? Isn't that the place that the Canadians use to separate Quebec
from Ontario so they don't throw down their gloves and go at it? Before I comment, an off-topic aside. I am just outside of Buffalo, ie, Toronto, so our weather forcasts are in both Far. and Celcius (or as we say, Canadian). I was at Christmas mass. "Gloria" was on the song list. So I say to my mother "what exactly does "In Excelcius mean"?" Before she could answer, my 11-year-old (who was sitting between us) shot back, "That how they measure the temperature in Canada". Here's what I guess happened. First, you shot into the sun. In that circumstance, the sky is really a light source, so you were shooting into a light. Now look at your other picture. Sun was behind you. For whatever reason, either your, your camera, or your software took the image and adjusted for the shadow (the house) and did a good job burning out the sky. To compound it, somewhere the image adjusted for the blueness and took out some blue, leaving the sky a slight gray. There is a fairly easy fix. Just delete the sky and put in a cloudy sky, like in your other picture. Clouds can add interest. Otherwise, consider shooting on a cloudy day when the sun puts the whole area into the shade, but you'll still lose part of the sky. Otherwise, filter will help. Shooting in late evening as the sun is setting will also help. Celcius wrote: "Pat" wrote in message ups.com... King Sardon wrote: "The house and trees are in bright sun" No they are not. Are we looking at the same picture? http://celestart.com/images/publiques/15.jpg The house is in TOTAL shadow. Look at the driveway. You have bright sunlight and shadow where the tree is. Then you have a distinct shadow line right next to the garage door, maybe a foot out from the door, and the shadow line crosses the concrete slab that makes up the porch. The only part of the house in bright sun is about a 1 foot strip across the edge of the room that separates the brick above the garage door from the vinyl as well as the primary roof. Further, you can see through the crank-out window on the second floor. If it was bright sun, that would almost definately have glare. Notice the light next to the garage door. No shadow -- because it is IN a shadow. I don't know what time of day it was taken, but it appears to be mid-day because the shadows aren't too long. Assuming the house is in the northern hemisphere, then if the OP had waited a little bit, most of the house would have been well lit, but they he would have had to deal with shadows across the house. Finally, look athte trees, esp. the more distant ones. Notice the distortion of the leaves as the light wraps around them. The house is definately backlit. The OP is shooting into the sun. That's why the sky is burned out. His best bet, other than some filters, would be to wait for a semi-cloud day. Wait until the house is in shadow and there's some interesting clouds in the sky. But still, filters would help significantly. Hi Pat! Thanks for your answer. Actually, I live in Ottawa, Canada. The front of the house is facing the river (North). The right side of the house, when you look at the photo is west, and of course the back side is south. The photo was taken at 14h38 (2:38PM). The sun must have been overhead, slightly right if you look at the shadow of the tree. I thought the sun was immaterial since I was shooting in the direction of the house and wanted mostly to show the house and trees. I never thought the sky would look that way. I took some photos in Cuba in the sun by the swimming pool and it never turned out that way: http://celestart.com/images/publiques/pool.jpg Marcel |
Please, why is sky washed out?
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:34:13 -0400, "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.... Take care, Marcel Marcel, My post was really intended to be tongue-in-cheek meaning that if the wife's point and shoot camera can capture a blue sky, your Rebel XT should be able to do it too..... and without all the filters etc. It will be a learning experience for you. I also have a Rebel XT and still have a lot to learn about it. This has been an interesting thread! Jack Mac |
Please, why is sky washed out?
"David Harper" writes:
In the picture at: http://celestart.com/images/publiques/15.jpg ...the general consensus seems to be that the sky is blown out. When I do that in "AUTO" mode the sky is 255,255,255 (pure white). This picture shows the sky at a uniform 239,239,239. Why is that? What in-camera or post-processing did this? I have never seen that before. To me "blown" is 255 all the way. It does seem a little odd. There are points on the path where it goes up to (for instance) 242,239,234. Though I notice the mean of that triple is nonetheless still below 239. Perhaps whatever converted it to JPEG included some poor decisions about the maximum? -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/ |
Please, why is sky washed out?
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oups.com... King seems to be wrong. Washed sky is usually the result of open aparture. Nonsense. Aperture alone has nothing to do with this case. Stopping down does not extend the range of sensor sensitivity. Aperture and shutter speed together determine correct exposure. There are only two applications of aperture which effect exposu 1) when one opens wide enough to cause flare (in a lens so susceptible), and that's generally not considered a good thing and 2) when focusing close enough to throw the brighter background far out of focus because a focused image is (generally) less bright than a focused one. In this case the range is too great for the sensor or the image was underexposed. |
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