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You just reminded me of a cloud picture i took last year.
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You just reminded me of a cloud picture i took last year.
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Thank you for highlighting that
OP, it depends on what you're taking. I'll either expose for the sky, deliberately underexpose the foreground and bring it in processing or alternatively take two frames, one exposed for the foreground and one for the sky and merge them.
The other good old fashioned way is to use a suitable graduated filter, probably the best too
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You just reminded me of a cloud picture i took last year.
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Oh dear...:nono: Think you might be waiting a while longer.
I tend to take 3 images +,properly exposed and - and then blend the two best ones together. OR use the graduated filter in lightroom to bring the exposure in the sky down.
The best option is not to shoot in those conditions and wait for a nicer sky, but thanks to the lovely UK weather, you'd be waiting a long time!
This shot the sky was pretty much blown out, but with Lightroom, I manages to get some clouds back in by using the grad filter tool
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That only helps if the sky is blue to start with, it wont do anything for bland grey sky.
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For best results use a real ND Grad filter, as you'll be limited with the amount of detail you can bring back if you rely on PP'ing a raw...
That'll help you get it right in the camera 1st before any PP'ing which will ensure you get top iq and every little detail, and if you need to further highlight the clouds in PP you'll have much more flexibility with it.
That'll help you get it right in the camera 1st before any PP'ing which will ensure you get top iq and every little detail, and if you need to further highlight the clouds in PP you'll have much more flexibility with it.
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But that doesnt count as there is no foreground. With a CPL, I suspect if you panned down the foreground / landscape detail would be very dark and almost unusable if you are exposing for the sky!
An ND grad allows a defined sky and a properly exposed landscape in one exposure, like this;
The sky was very grey, overcast but bright and without the filter, lacking any definition at all.
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But that doesnt count as there is no foreground. With a CPL, I suspect if you panned down the foreground / landscape detail would be very dark and almost unusable if you are exposing for the sky!
An ND grad allows a defined sky and a properly exposed landscape in one exposure, like this;
The sky was very grey, overcast but bright and without the filter, lacking any definition at all.
I took this whilst a passenger in a car, just a snap shot, sorry about that :bonk:
edit: obviously not your pic, the one before.