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Hello - A really average shot of a typically British uncultivated field. It was part of the scenery I saw during my walk yesterday morning. I think it's a little dark... I'm not sure if it's my eyes, or what... But most of my shots always look underexposed. I'm not sure if it's my settings... or if there is something I need to do to the camera to fix it...
If you have any ideas please feel free to let me know! |
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Hello Leilani! Very original picture. Nice landscape. Interesting light and shadows. Good shot. Regards!
Yes, Leilani
your shot is underexposed in every sense...
Also you need to do homework before shooting more on composing good frames...
which you can better improve by seeing photos & discussions here in TE
Hi Leilani. Your camera's sensor will ALWAYS try to make the scene into a mid-grey. As everything in this shot will have been very bright, the sensor would have been fooled. If you shoot a scene like this again:
1) Use RAW
2) Dial in +1.0 and +2.0 into the compensation dial and see what happens
3) Alternatively, take a light meter reading off the back of your hand and dial that reading into the camera on MANUAL setting. Adjust the aperture by one stop (wider) and have a look at the results.
Don't worry about a little under-exposure in RAW as it can be corrected to a reasonable degree - but don't allow the detail to burn out as, once it's gone, it's gone!
Kind regards, Paul.
Hi Leilani,
It didn't turn out too badly. The underexposure made it look like a night picture taken using a long exposure. I don't know how bright the actual scene was, but that combination of ISO, aperture and shutter speed setting will usually result in an underexposed picture. Did you use auto or manual exposure? Maybe you had the compensation set to a relatively big negative number?
Best regards,
Lamberto
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Hi Leilani,
Considering the weather we had yesterday I'm surprised you could get any photos - especially hand-held. We were socked in by fog and frost nearly the entire day - or at least from what I could see from my work window.
Let's figure out the exposure thing together. I use a Canon as well and they are often accused of underexposure. However, it takes some practice to really get the feel for what your camera meter tries to do for you. To get started, are you using one of the auto modes, aperture priority, shutter priority, or manual? Are you shooting in RAW or JPG?
If you want you can contact me via the 'contact me' link off my page and we can discuss more at length.
Sunday looks like it might be a nicer day here in the Cotswolds.
Cheers!
Bob G.