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Papal Cross, Phoenix Park
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C&C Welcome, was taken on second day of owning the camera so was shot using camera landscape mode. Like other images i have up for c&c this is “as camera”
Sony A200 with kit 18-70mm lens at 30mm
F5, 1/160, ISO 100, AWB
Hi Darth Mensor,
This is a good effort but I do think it could be
improved with a little processing.In a scene like this the sky is usually much brighter
than the foreground.
The camera averages the light for the whole frame and
can overexpose the sky and underexpose the foreground.Sometimes exposing for the sky can produce a nice silhouette if
the forground has a really good outline.In certain circumstances a graduated filter can hold back the sky
in order to balance the exposure in camera.
Where elements of the subject extends into the sky, like the cross here, this
is not really a solution.If you shoot in RAW you can process one image for the sky, one for the foreground
and blend them in your software to produce a well exposed image.If you don’t use RAW you can shoot 2 Jpegs.
Expose one for the sky and one for the foreground and blend them in your software.If you need any help just ask.
Well done.
John.
As said previously shoot in raw and carry out a split raw conversion. Also try cloudy white balance.
John.
Thanks for the feedback guys, it was after i took the photo’s i learnt the tip about RAW and JPEG shooting (found on here i might add). So that is permanently set on the camera now.
All lessons to be learnt on this journey.
Sean
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