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Wintershooter · Dec 27, 2007, 4:07 PM

Let me know what you guys think of these two shots, they were taken at dusk so the light was getting flat. we had 6" of fresh snow on X-mas to go on top of about 12-18" from the previous weeks.

I think a small amount of snow got on the lens here, can this be fixed?

Thanks for viewing.

JohnG · Dec 27, 2007, 9:15 PM

I like the concept of the photos. But the subject and the snow are underexposed. This is a problem in snow where the camera will meter about 2/3 to 1 full stop below to try and turn the snow to a neutral grey. If you want to keep from blowing the sky out I would suggest using a flash. If you don't care about the sky then use EC to get the skiers exposed correctly.

spy · Dec 30, 2007, 11:58 PM

John is correct.

If a good external flash is not available the other option is to use some tools available in photo shop. I use the cs3 program and by using the "edit"-fill-overlay-white-17 to 45% strength, you can bring the whites up to look like this and lighten the faces as well.

Cheers!

spy · Dec 30, 2007, 11:58 PM

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DRGSin · Jan 8, 2008, 8:33 AM

WOW!!! What a difference Spy! Nicely done. Good captures by the way, Winter.

d_oshea · Jan 10, 2008, 11:29 AM

The edited ones look great. Maybe the setting used are th right way to take the shot and do that edit afterwards so the sky and so on arent overexposed.

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spy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,129	John is correct. If a good external flash is not available the other option is to use some tools available in photo shop. I use the cs3 program and by using the "edit"-fill-overlay-white-17 to 45% strength, you can bring the whites up to look like this and lighten the faces as well. Cheers! Attached Images

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Dec 27, 2007, 4:07 PM	#1
Wintershooter Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Let me know what you guys think of these two shots, they were taken at dusk so the light was getting flat. we had 6" of fresh snow on X-mas to go on top of about 12-18" from the previous weeks. I think a small amount of snow got on the lens here, can this be fixed? Thanks for viewing.

Dec 27, 2007, 9:15 PM	#2
JohnG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,529	I like the concept of the photos. But the subject and the snow are underexposed. This is a problem in snow where the camera will meter about 2/3 to 1 full stop below to try and turn the snow to a neutral grey. If you want to keep from blowing the sky out I would suggest using a flash. If you don't care about the sky then use EC to get the skiers exposed correctly.

Jan 8, 2008, 8:33 AM	#5
DRGSin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 574	WOW!!! What a difference Spy! Nicely done. Good captures by the way, Winter.

Jan 10, 2008, 11:29 AM	#6
d_oshea Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 49	The edited ones look great. Maybe the setting used are th right way to take the shot and do that edit afterwards so the sky and so on arent overexposed.