Comments on: Weather Report http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/ Got sales? Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:44:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Administrator http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Administrator Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:06:01 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-485 Hi anoun :) That's the point :) The snow isn't the MOST important part of that photo - the boy's face is. So, there's plenty of snow that's not 255 255 255, sure there is some that is. I can live with that :) Same on the flipping beach guys. The sand is not the most important thing, IMO nor are the shirts. I wish I'd shot the flipping beach guys in RAW, but alas, that was with a camera that didn't have RAW. It's a choice you have to make at shoot, and I can live with it. Having seen thousands of underexposed snow, ice, beach shots I'll stick with with overexposing the snow! Thanks for posting. Hi anoun :)

That’s the point :) The snow isn’t the MOST important part of that photo – the boy’s face is. So, there’s plenty of snow that’s not 255 255 255, sure there is some that is. I can live with that :) Same on the flipping beach guys. The sand is not the most important thing, IMO nor are the shirts. I wish I’d shot the flipping beach guys in RAW, but alas, that was with a camera that didn’t have RAW. It’s a choice you have to make at shoot, and I can live with it. Having seen thousands of underexposed snow, ice, beach shots I’ll stick with with overexposing the snow! Thanks for posting.

]]> By: anoun http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-356 anoun Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:24:57 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-356 Yes, the photos are brighter, but both photos show badly blown highlights. It is not so bad (I guess) for the snow to be blown (top right and bottom right), but in the second picture, the man's shirt and the SAND!?! is totally blown. Yes, the photos are brighter, but both photos show badly blown highlights. It is not so bad (I guess) for the snow to be blown (top right and bottom right), but in the second picture, the man’s shirt and the SAND!?! is totally blown.

]]> By: lynn http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-265 lynn Wed, 24 May 2006 21:27:09 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-265 Very needed information found here, thank you for your work Very needed information found here, thank you for your work

]]> By: SurfaceDamage http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-39 SurfaceDamage Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:29:27 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-39 Andy, Good point -- I guess if you need to correct whitebalance ... uh ... snow seems to be fairly white (with maybe a few patches of yellow!). The more I thought about it, the more stupid my question seems to be. I still may look at an expocap/disc for Christmas. I was recently at a holiday party and they had these funky green lights shining on a purple felt pool table and my poor camera didn't know what to make out of it with auto-white balancing. Crazy colors all over the board. I'm hoping that the cap/disc would help. Expensive way to test, but I"m sure I'd get good use out of it. Do you have one? Do you use it regularly? Andy,

Good point — I guess if you need to correct whitebalance … uh … snow seems to be fairly white (with maybe a few patches of yellow!). The more I thought about it, the more stupid my question seems to be.

I still may look at an expocap/disc for Christmas. I was recently at a holiday party and they had these funky green lights shining on a purple felt pool table and my poor camera didn’t know what to make out of it with auto-white balancing. Crazy colors all over the board.

I’m hoping that the cap/disc would help. Expensive way to test, but I”m sure I’d get good use out of it. Do you have one? Do you use it regularly?

]]> By: Administrator http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Administrator Mon, 19 Dec 2005 02:05:45 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-38 Hi SurfaceDamage - well - I hate to give you bad news, but you don't need an expodisc for whitebalancing the snow - just point your camera at the snow and wb on the snow, with your cameras custom wb function. Of course, expos discs are useful in plenty of other situations :) Andy Hi SurfaceDamage – well – I hate to give you bad news, but you don’t need an expodisc for whitebalancing the snow – just point your camera at the snow and wb on the snow, with your cameras custom wb function. Of course, expos discs are useful in plenty of other situations :)

Andy

]]> By: SurfaceDamage http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-37 SurfaceDamage Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:51:24 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-37 Great information on whitebalancing and metering. I was wondering if an expodisc or expocap (expoimaging.com) would handle these scenarios well? Anyone tried them out for snow or sand? I'm trying to beg my way for one as a Christmas gift. Great information on whitebalancing and metering. I was wondering if an expodisc or expocap (expoimaging.com) would handle these scenarios well? Anyone tried them out for snow or sand? I’m trying to beg my way for one as a Christmas gift.

]]> By: Mike Lane http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/2005/12/04/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Mike Lane Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:35:44 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/pros/?p=12#comment-32 So the book I've got called understanding exposure says that I should go to +2.00 for snow. I've tried that and the pictures generally come out washed out. I'll definitely have to give the +1.67 a try, thanks! One thing that does always work out for me is exposing for the sky. I set my 20D up to do partial metering and then set the exposure of the sky nearest my subject to 0.00EV and then recompose on my subject and fire away. I've yet to be disappointed. I'm thinking that could work just as well for the sandy environment you've got on the 2nd pic. So the book I’ve got called understanding exposure says that I should go to +2.00 for snow. I’ve tried that and the pictures generally come out washed out. I’ll definitely have to give the +1.67 a try, thanks!

One thing that does always work out for me is exposing for the sky. I set my 20D up to do partial metering and then set the exposure of the sky nearest my subject to 0.00EV and then recompose on my subject and fire away. I’ve yet to be disappointed. I’m thinking that could work just as well for the sandy environment you’ve got on the 2nd pic.

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