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
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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