Cant seem to get the white level correct

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Hello All,

I'm not sure if this is the correct section.....

I have been trying to capture some photos of my dog, (border collie) and the white on his legs seems too white.

Is this something that needs fixing post photo taking or settings whilst taking the photo?

If post processing what do I need to do, I have Photoshop and have tried changing the levels and exposure but cant seem to get it right.

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http://www.neilreed.co.uk/index.php?/category/17

Thanks in advance.
 
Its not white l;evel as in white balance or anyhting like that..

You are over exposing your pictures..
You can't fix a white over exposed so much as theres no details to retrieve.

FIX? Better exposure when taking the pic..

Sorry i dont know your level of expertise.. but if your camera is telling you the exposure is correct.. try under exposing by a third of a stop and see what happens... Your cmera is a bit thick... mines worth thousands and is equaly as thick... sometimes we have to show it what we want :)
 
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The majority of you scene is dark in comparison to the white. Its difficult to balance the 2. If you expose for the white leg, making sure the histogram is as bunched to the right as possible then the other shades will he correct. Do this by zooming is tight on the leg to take a reading. Your camera will try to make it Gray so you need to compensate for this by exp conp 1 stop ( or half stop etc)

Do a google on " expose to the right"
 
Old thread i know but thought i'd add my thoughts.
If you shoot in raw then you can adjust the white or highlights in Lightroom. You can definitely get more detail back using something like this, but it has to have been shot in raw to do it.
Its a tricky shot to get if you dont want to PP, as you are dealing with very dark areas and very light ones. If you are shooting JPG reduce the contrast in the picture style, this should help keep the white levels down, but personally id shoot raw and either lighten the shadows or reduce the highlights using the local correction tool.
 
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