natures luge
by mrturtell

Comment by jayzundel:
The luge is way cool

natures luge
by mrturtell

Comment by Luci11e:
nice shot; good job of framing the waterfall with the trees;

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
The camera's automatic metering system is trying to create a neutral grey (18% luminosity) average brightness overall for the whole scene in the image, which is about what this image shows. Neutral grey is a pretty dark grey.
To get well exposed shots in snow or on the beach, you have to set the camera EV (exposure value) setting to +1 or +2. There may also be a "scene" setting for beach or snow shooting that you can use. Check in your camera manual.
Don't be afraid to experiment with the camera's settings. You can always go back to full automatic.

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by paynekj:
I find this rather too dark

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by kaiser_chief:
This image is exceptionally dark on my montior, which makes it hard to pick out all the details. In particular, the father and son in the image as extremely dark which doesn't help when they should be the subject

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by bewit:
Good idea but my eye is drawn away by the only light area in the photo the distant hill.

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
Too dark. Snow's supposed to be white. I think I'm perceiving a spot on your sensor as well.

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by acg83:
Way underexposed.

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by burfino:
waaaaaay underexposed.

counting my blessings
by mrturtell

Comment by jayzundel:
glad to see you turtle. gotta love grandkids