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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / General Topics / May 2006Help
Ok, So after my last post I finally got around to going out in the field for some photography. However, I have an issue with balance now. The first photo (http://dietrichduke.com/photos/IMG_6499.jpg) the foreground is in focus and nice and bright, however the background (sky) is white like it was over exposed. The second photo (same subject) the foreground is dark and the sky is a nice natural blue (http://dietrichduke.com/photos/IMG_6507.jpg). What should I do to get a perfect balance here? Every image between the first and the last (all 8) is of the same subject and the only one with a resemblance of good balance is this one: http://dietrichduke.com/photos/IMG_6506.jpg. Thanks again Deke > Ok, So after my last post I finally got around to going out in the > field for some photography. However, I have an issue with balance now. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Deke Seems to me you are already doing what needs to be done, bracketing your shots. Since your Canon Rebel supports raw mode, you might consider using that instead of jpeg (assuming that you are not already doing so). Braketing my shots? SO would going raw fix the sky problem? > Braketing my shots? > > SO would going raw fix the sky problem? What sky problem? > Braketing my shots? > > SO would going raw fix the sky problem? Bracketing shots is to take a series of pictures of the same scene at difference exposure values to either get the one good exposure or to capture all of the tonal values to be combined later in an image editor. RAW could help because it is recorded at a a higher bit-depth (12 bits per channel) than jpeg (8 bits per channel). There is probably all the detail needed in the darker image, if it was taken in RAW, when it could be converted and the shadows brought up in lightness in the RAW converter you use before saving as a jpeg. You might also try upping the gamma in the second image (using your image editor), it would also bring out detail in the shadows. The scene has a very wide latitude of exposure. I got better results bracketing with wide latitude exposure shots with film than I do with my D10, but haven't shot 35mm film since I got my D10. It looks like you did some bracketing since you have over-exposure and under exposure and one in the middle. IMG_6499 was overexposed even in some of the darker areas, and that detail is gone. IMG_6507 seems to have some detail in the shadows, and you could probably play with the levels in your image editor and get it to be acceptable. In this case, the middle level adjustment probably will be the most help. If you have Photoshop elements, find the level adjustment and just drag the middle arrow a bit, and see what it does. The things I would try are: 1. Pick a different time of day when the sun isn't so bright in the sky and the contrast between the bright and dark areas of the picture will be less intense. 2. If the sun is really bright, try to eliminate the rocks if possible since they seem to be really bright and you can get some detail in the shadows and the sky remains a bit blue, but the rocks start getting really bright when you do. 3. Take a shot at the exposure that the camera recommends and then adjust your exposure compensation by the smallest amount that the camera will let you change it, and take several photos in each direction (under-exposing and over-exposing), adjusting the exposure compensation one notch for each photo. It looks like you did this to some degree. In this case you probably want to be sure you are in an aperature priority mode, so it remains constant and change your shutter speed. 4. A polarizer might help with the reflections in the water and perhaps with the rocks a bit too since they are getting a lot of reflected light. 5. Try shooting in Raw mode, it might help a bit too. > Ok, So after my last post I finally got around to going out in the > field for some photography. However, I have an issue with balance now. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > with a resemblance of good balance is this one: > http://dietrichduke.com/photos/IMG_6506.jpg. Here you go: http://www.edgehill.net/temp/IMG_6499+6506.jpg 2 minutes in photoshop merging with a broad soft brush. A graduated neutral density filter would do something similar also. RAW will help, you might need to do two conversions & merge them. Another thing that helps is turning down the contrast for your in-camera jpeg creation. Ok. Ill try out everyones tips here. I thank you all again! Time to hunt down the photoshop book to figure out merging ;) Can the Digital Rebel turn contrast down ? |
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