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canon eos 1000D overexposed sky!!

  • 07-04-2009 12:50pm
    #1
    silverbullitt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Can someone help me out , i bought the girlfriend a Canon EOS 1000D with the 18-55mm lens for christmas .
    But shes having a problem with taking pictures where theres a blue sky behind.
    It could be a nice sunny day with a smattering of differing colored clouds in the sky , but when she takes the photo , the sky more often than not comes out, all a uniform color , usually grey/white...
    Shes tried differring exposure times , and played around with other settings , but to no avail ,
    I even went and bought her a polarising filter to try and remedy it, but that didnt help either .she has also tried the 18%grey method ,and again it didnt work .
    Its seriously wrecking her head, which in turn is wrecking my head , cos she can take a photo with her point and click camera , and the sky comes out perfectly

    could someone please shed some light on this (pardon the pun)


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  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Can you post an example of such a photo (including the EXIF) ? That might help.

    It can be a number of things - the exposure setting, the aperture, etc. So many little things really.

    More than likely, a grad filter would help.


  • #3
    silverbullitt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭silverbullitt


    ill get her to post a pic she took with the canon , and a pic with the point and shoot , to show the difference ....
    cheers


  • #4
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    The camera is setting it's exposure on the subject & it is less bright than the sky, so the sky becomes overexposed. If she were to meter on the sky then it would expose correctly but the subject will be underexposed.

    If you have a scene with a large dynamic range you have to use techniques to cope with that situation. If you shoot RAW then you will have some more latitude for correction in Post Production. If it's on Jpeg then there is less you can do.

    When you have moved up into a DSLR it is sort of assumed that you will do some Post Production work on your images. A lot of people buy DSLR's & only use them on Auto & wonder why their photo's have not improved but seem worse than with a Point & Shoot. This is where the fun starts & you learn to be a Photographer.


  • #5
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    http://www.thewonderoflight.com/articles/?page_id=104


    Some light reading to back up what CabanSail is on about.


  • #6
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    If its dynamic range that is the issue then there's a lot of good info in this thread for dealing with large dynamic ranges.


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  • #7
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    silverbullitt wrote: »
    Can someone help me out , i bought the girlfriend a Canon EOS 1000D with the 18-55mm lens for christmas .
    But shes having a problem with taking pictures where theres a blue sky behind.
    It could be a nice sunny day with a smattering of differing colored clouds in the sky , but when she takes the photo , the sky more often than not comes out, all a uniform color , usually grey/white...
    Shes tried differring exposure times , and played around with other settings , but to no avail ,
    I even went and bought her a polarising filter to try and remedy it, but that didnt help either .she has also tried the 18%grey method ,and again it didnt work .
    Its seriously wrecking her head, which in turn is wrecking my head , cos she can take a photo with her point and click camera , and the sky comes out perfectly

    could someone please shed some light on this (pardon the pun)

    Get this book for her. Trust me - she won't look back.


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