Some Icy Foggy Pictures from this morning

[stevenoz]

I woke this morning to a foggy, frosty morning and found some nice photo ops.

I have not taken many photos in these types of conditions and had some trouble some trouble with camera settings, way too dark. I used Photo shop to lighten them and tweak contrast.

Critiquing is welcomed.

http://www.pbase.com/stevenoz/icy_foggy_morning

Steven



http://www.pbase.com/image/26431318/original

[notsopro]

I see picture frames around a lot of pictures How does one do that. Or are they actual frames, and then you take the picture

[stevenoz]

I see picture frames around a lot of pictures How does one do that. Or are they actual frames, and then you take the picture

My frames are made with Photoshop. Much trial and error as to getting the look to work.

Steven

[andesheng]

On the exposure issue, there is likely nothing wrong with either your camera or you. Built-in light meters routinely will under-expose snow photos, especially on a cloudy day (has something to do with the gray-balance target built into the software). Besides under-exposure, snow often looks unnaturally blue on cloudy days.

I suspect anybody who has taken photos on cloudy days with snow has seen very similar results - I know I have.

What to do? You can adjust exposure within PhotoShop as you did, or you can compensate by adjusting the exposure plus/minus setting (if your camera has this capability), to over-expose by as much as two f-stops. Just remember to set it back when the sun comes out.

BTW, nice images.

Mark Anderson

[andesheng]

On the exposure issue, there is likely nothing wrong with either your camera or you. Built-in light meters routinely will under-expose snow photos, especially on a cloudy day (has something to do with the gray-balance target built into the software). Besides under-exposure, snow often looks unnaturally blue on cloudy days.

What to do? You can adjust exposure within PhotoShop as you did, or you can compensate by adjusting the exposure plus/minus setting (if your camera has this capability), to over-expose by as much as two f-stops. Just remember to set it back when the sun comes out.

Mark Anderson

[stevenoz]

On the exposure issue, there is likely nothing wrong with either your camera or you. Built-in light meters routinely will under-expose snow photos, especially on a cloudy day (has something to do with the gray-balance target built into the software). Besides under-exposure, snow often looks unnaturally blue on cloudy days.

I suspect anybody who has taken photos on cloudy days with snow has seen very similar results - I know I have.

What to do? You can adjust exposure within PhotoShop as you did, or you can compensate by adjusting the exposure plus/minus setting (if your camera has this capability), to over-expose by as much as two f-stops. Just remember to set it back when the sun comes out.

BTW, nice images.



Mark Anderson

Thanks for the reply Mark,

I did adjust the exposure compensation, but just not enough I guess. I wasn't sure if the images would look washed out or over exposed. Tap it up to another learning experiance.

Here's an original image to compare to.

[andesheng]

Yup, I've taken a lot of photos that look more or less just like that....as you say, you've got to "goose them up" in Photoshop to make them look more or less like the scene you saw with your own eyes. I still tend to blame the result more on the algorithms in the camera's exposure program than on the photographer, because this kind of exposure result is pretty much limited to cloudy days with snow on the ground. Unfortunately, how much to boost the exposure over-ride is just a guess, and you never want to go too far because that might result in blown highlights, which would be an even worse overall result.

It's somewhat of a pain to have to adjust every photo, but let's give thanks that Photoshop exists to allow us to "recover" these photos.

Mark

[andesheng]

Yup, I've taken a lot of photos that look more or less just like that....as you say, you've got to "goose them up" in Photoshop to make them look more or less like the scene you saw with your own eyes. I still tend to blame the result more on the algorithms in the camera's exposure program than on the photographer, because this kind of exposure result is pretty much limited to cloudy days with snow on the ground. Unfortunately, how much to boost the exposure over-ride is just a guess, and you never want to go too far because that might result in blown highlights, which would be an even worse overall result.

It's somewhat of a pain to have to adjust every photo, but let's give thanks that Photoshop exists to allow us to "recover" these photos.

Mark