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Old 22-03-11, 04:15 AM
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advice for snow pictures.please.thank.you

hey guys, how are ya'll doing...well here's a dilema that i have. im in canada right now and everything is white and bright ! dont get me wrong, its a beautiful place. but so anyways, im having a very hard time taking good pictures . can some one give me pointers on how to take good pics in the snow. thank you guys...

i have a few pix in the critique area...
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Old 22-03-11, 10:38 AM
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Hey jeeps,

Are you finding that your pictures of the snow are coming out slightly grey? If so, you'll need to dial in a little positive exposure compensation. The reason for this is because of how your camera's light meter works. It looks at the scene your taking in shades of grey and thinks that the snow in your shot is about the mid point for the exposure, hence it selects that the snow should be a mid tone grey and as a result everything in shot is then underexposed. If you dial in about +0.7 of exposure compensation this should turn your snow white again and balance the exposure accordingly.
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Old 22-03-11, 01:02 PM
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Completely agree with IanP, but if in bright sunshine - like skiing in the Alps for example, or even here in Canada on one of the really sunny winter days - it may be worth up to 1.7 stops extra (strange figure, but that's one stop plus a couple of clicks more). If shooting Raw, you can make some adjustments, of course, but it's better to get it right in camera first, to get the details recorded.
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Old 22-03-11, 01:25 PM
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Looks out his window and cannot see any snow except a tiny pile left the ploughs all winter. Though, Toronto is supposed to get snow tonight and into tomorrow.
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Old 22-03-11, 02:12 PM
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yes, some of my pics, the snow is greyish in color. most of my pictures i just took in landscape mode, but ill try messing around in the manual modes later. thank you all for your help.
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