Whats gone wrong here?

[Byrhtnoth]

Hi
Can anyone tell me whats gone wrong with the light in this photo please.
As you can see, it seems washed out on the left of the shot and its lost all the sky and detail of the wood. :shake:
It was taken early in the morning with the sun rising 90degress to the left. Im wondering whether a lens hood would of worked here or if ive got the exposure wrong, but hav'nt a clue really thats why im asking.

Also if anyone can rescue it in photoshop then feel free to have a go, thanks.

 

[HIMUPNORTH]

From your Exif you were at ISO 400, 1/50th and f5.6

I think you were in program mode (Exif say's normal) so my guess is that camera has done a decent job of rendering the scene, which is effectively what you have asked it to do. The exposure range in this shot would have been 2/3 stops so there would be no way to record that without clipping unless you used ND filters.

As far as advice for future, use a tripod and lower ISO, smaller aperature and try to balance the light in the scene with filters or take multiple exposures and blend in PP.

HTH

Gary

 

[DiddyDave]

I'm with Gary on this one

You took a shot of a dark boat against a bright sky so the camera didn't really stand a chance of getting both 'right'. Just remember that your eye has a far greater exposure latitude than a camera has so what may look great to the eye can't always be reproduced by the camera

I'm not a fan of filters, so in extremes like this would have had to try the multiple exposure and blend idea

Looks worth a second visit if you can?

 

[awp]

10 minutes in Photoshop gave me this . . .

I could get it a little better if I took more time over it.

 

[Byrhtnoth]

Thanks people

From your Exif you were at ISO 400, 1/50th and f5.6

I think you were in program mode (Exif say's normal) so my guess is that camera has done a decent job of rendering the scene, which is effectively what you have asked it to do. The exposure range in this shot would have been 2/3 stops so there would be no way to record that without clipping unless you used ND filters.

As far as advice for future, use a tripod and lower ISO, smaller aperature and try to balance the light in the scene with filters or take multiple exposures and blend in PP.

HTH

Gary

Yeah i was in program mode, i had a few shots turn out with dark foregrounds and too bright skys. Looks like i might invest in some filters and im learning to use the multiple exposure too. Also have to learn how to blend them all together in Photoshop.

Gary how did you see the EXIF data? Can i veiw other peoples EXIF data?
Thanks for the future advice im soaking it up

 

[Byrhtnoth]

I'm with Gary on this one
Looks worth a second visit if you can?

Thanks DiddyDave, will be visiting again as its 2 minutes away.
This time i will take me wellies

 

[dazzajl]

Im wondering whether a lens hood would of worked here

Yup, looks to me like there's light hitting the lens from the side and coulding the shot. A lens hood is good but using your hand can work just as well if you don't have one.

 

[Byrhtnoth]

10 minutes in Photoshop gave me this . . .
I could get it a little better if I took more time over it.

Thanks awp, looks a lot better in just 10mins.

 

[Byrhtnoth]

Yup, looks to me like there's light hitting the lens from the side and coulding the shot. A lens hood is good but using your hand can work just as well if you don't have one.

Thanks dazzajl, another piece of kit I'll put on my list.
Nice tip of just using my hand, did'nt think of that.
Mind you, I'll have to learn how to clone out fingers in photoshop first

 

[HIMUPNORTH]

Gary how did you see the EXIF data? Can i veiw other peoples EXIF data?
Thanks for the future advice im soaking it up

I use "Exif Viewer" an add on for Firefox however if you save any image on to your local machine you can use the properties tab in Windows or "get info" in Mac.

Loads of good advice around here. listening is a great start to improvement but remember to make your own mind up when required.

 

[awp]

I use this:
http://www.opanda.com/en/

it's a free add on for Firefox.

 

[Byrhtnoth]

Thats handy being able to see the all the info of the picture taken, as i can learn from that.

Thanks everone

 

[Darryn]

Hdr Ftw.

 

[HIMUPNORTH]

Wtfayta?

 

[Darryn]

Nah, im just basically saying what you said...

revisit the scene, tripod, lower ISO, retake the shot using 3 or more exposure settings (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2) and then fire the 3 or more versions into a H.D.R package (such as Photomatix) or even PSCS3 to generate a High Dynamic Range version...