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06/16/2004 02:38:58 AM · #1 |
Hi all..
In a month or so, I'm planning to do some shooting in the snow.. Perhaps some stop motion and landscape type shots. I'm worried that the snow will produce a large amount of glare and/or overexposure for the stop motion shots of people skiing.
Has anyone else shot in the snow before, and if so, what hazards/difficulties did you encounter? Any help appreciated!
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06/16/2004 02:49:07 AM · #2 |
Accually I've noticed most cameras will underexpose (the two i've used) Try to meter off the subject, not the snow, or use Manual Exposure.
I have some samples {HERE} but they've all been heavily proccesed to correct the underexposure. |
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06/16/2004 03:09:42 AM · #3 |
use either centre weighted or spot metering with the Nikon. Matrix will, as Aaron said, underexpose your subject. you'll have to deal with 255 snow, but who cares? there's no real detail in there anyway.
test a few hundred shots first, then shoot 100% manual if you really want to own the situation. that's your only guarantee.
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06/16/2004 08:12:14 AM · #4 |
You can usually get good results opening up 1 or even 2 stops over the metered value. But try and keep some of the snow detail if you can, there
is usually a lot of texture in it. By default, the meter will try to make snow filled scenes a mid tone grey, because they are really white, you need to open up a bit, depending on the light this can be 1, 2 or even 3 stops in some cases so it is worth experimenting with the particular conditions you find yourself in. For the shots below I had the luxury of using a camera with live preview (optio S4), so could actively modify the histogram pre shot, which you obviously can't do with an SLR. This allowed me to get properly exposed highlights, without blowing out significant amounts of the scene.
  
Message edited by author 2004-06-16 08:14:19.
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