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Please, why is sky washed out?
"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message
... Fill flash??? :-) Six Mazda bulbs might do the trick. Added to that might be to shoot in raw mode to retain more data in the shadows to allow software to lighten up the shadows without blowing out the sky again. CS - adjustments - shadow and highlight Or use a Tiffen Ultra-Contrast filter #5. |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
On 8 Jun 2006 07:27:53 -0700, "Pat"
wrote: 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. Look at the picture. What is the color of the sky? It is white. The OP is wrong. We have photographic evidence. The house and trees are in bright sun, therefore there is indeed blue sky, but the sky behind the house and trees is hazy or cloudy. Reshoot when the sky is not so white. KS |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
King Sardon wrote: On 8 Jun 2006 07:27:53 -0700, "Pat" wrote: 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. Look at the picture. What is the color of the sky? It is white. The OP is wrong. We have photographic evidence. The house and trees are in bright sun, therefore there is indeed blue sky, but the sky behind the house and trees is hazy or cloudy. Reshoot when the sky is not so white. KS King seems to be wrong. Washed sky is usually the result of open aparture. According to EXIF it was shot at 7. Set the camera to Aperture, set aperture to 16 or more, bracket from -2 to +2 and you'll have at least one perfect picture in this lighting, RAW or JPG, filter or no filter. If a PS camera can do it so can your XT. |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
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"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message ... Fill flash??? :-) Six Mazda bulbs might do the trick. Added to that might be to shoot in raw mode to retain more data in the shadows to allow software to lighten up the shadows without blowing out the sky again. CS - adjustments - shadow and highlight Or use a Tiffen Ultra-Contrast filter #5. No. Floyd has it right. -- John McWilliams |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
In article . com, "Pat" wrote:
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. If its not saturated it always possible to darken. Its not possible in many parts of the country to view, but its some sight to see the blue sky in the morning, such as in the desert. The deep blue is something else. I tried to capture it on film, which kinda works, but I never have taken the shot with a digital camera. Not a great scan................. http://www.zekfrivolous.com/goldstone/sub/29.jpg Looks better with the room lights off. Near horizon, the light will be a more washed out during the day. greg 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 |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
"dwight" wrote in message ... "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) Dwight, This makes sense. I will. Marcel |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
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. |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
"Scott W" wrote in message oups.com... snip The sky is simply blown out, a lower exposure and or shooting raw could bring it back. You might then have a very dim forground but there are software adjustments that can help greatly there. 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. - David Harper |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
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 While everyone is intent in pointing out the sky is overexposed, they missed the point of the question, and I've thought the same thing sometimes. I can point my old Canon Powershot P/S at a scene, and the sky is blue and white shirts aren't overexposed, but my DSLR doesn't seem to be able to capture the same range. Either the sky is blown out, or the subject is dark. Weird, huh. oj |
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Please, why is sky washed out?
"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 |
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