Canon 550D
 

Hi there everyone I'm new to this all and I have a question about the canon 550D.

When I'm shooting pictures with grass in them the grass always seems to be lacking in quality and always ruins what is a good looking image. I'm using the stock 18-55mm lens with an Ultra Violet 58mm filter. Should I not be using the filter or should I be using a different filter for these kind of shots. Thanks

i would post a picture and the settings used so we can see the problem. the 18-55 kit lens isnt that bad a lens to be really honest

Here is a link to an example

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The settings:

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Sorry, I know it's not a photo crtique, but the grass kind of ruins the picture no matter what colour/quality it is. I'm new to photography myself so learning too. So it's not in any way an expert opinion.

I don't know if a green gradual filter would help if you really wanted to colour the grass better, or editing it in photo editing.

hi looking at the image you have a nice bright sky and in comparison a dark for ground so the metering system is trying to compensate and so the darkening the for ground. try taking a reading from the for ground and you will find that the sky is blown. try using the auto bracketing on 550d and then merge them on the computer

The grass is underexposed as you or the camera have exposed for the sky. There are several ways around this to get a different exposure reading, here's one: tilt the camera down to remove some sky, take a reading form the grass (half-depressing the shutter button to take the reading) then recompose your shot. You will probably find detail lost in the clouds due to over-exposure, you have to decide what's important here. Scenes with grass usually, not always, have lots of bright sky too, if the sun doesn't shine on the dense grass it can be underexposed as the camera wants to expose for the sky.

Don't worry about the UV filter that's not causing any problems with this image.

Exposure can be a tricky subject to get your head around and knowing how your camera operates is prerequisite to getting good, consistent photos. I just bought the 'Digital Field Guide, Canon 550d' for my brother in-law, it will certainly give you a better guide than your basic manual.

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