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06/06/2003 07:24:33 AM · #1 |
When shooting outdoors I can never seem to get a nice blue sky. The shots always come out with the sky looking either white or a very pale blue.
Any advice?
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06/06/2003 07:27:38 AM · #2 |
yeah. move.
jk.
perhaps a polarizing lens would help with that or a colored lens or simply what you are having the camera focus on. Sometimes I find that the sky color is affected by whatever else is in the picture, but maybe im just crazy. The real question is whether or not the sky is actually blue to begin with...:) |
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06/06/2003 07:31:48 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by JasonPR:
yeah. move.
jk.
perhaps a polarizing lens would help with that or a colored lens or simply what you are having the camera focus on. Sometimes I find that the sky color is affected by whatever else is in the picture, but maybe im just crazy. The real question is whether or not the sky is actually blue to begin with...:) |
Thanks, actually my days in Germany are numbered. I'll be moving back to South Africa in August. There is no better place to photograph deep blue skies than in South Africa.
Could you explain to me how the polarizing lenses work? I don't want to use a coloured lens, since that would give everything a coloured hue, wouldn't it?
Message edited by author 2003-06-06 07:32:21.
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06/06/2003 07:47:15 AM · #4 |
well, im not sure i can explain the physics of it, or exactly what polarized light is, but a polarizer essentially lets you limit the amount of polarized light. The reason you would want to use this sort of filter is that many natural reflective surfaces like the surface of glass, water, etc., naturally polarize the light which reflects from them. By rotating the polarizing filter you can control which directions of polarization are allowed through and which are blocked. This means that by turning the filter you can selectively âtune outâ or de-emphasize the reflections. This is very useful in taking photos through window glass when you do not want the reflections to show and for tuning the amount of reflections in natural scenes. Also, by eliminating polarized light from the sky you can use a polarizing filter to intensify the blue of the sky and generally increase color saturation in most scenes...
a circular polarizer is generally a better buy, and from an established company. but here i am trying to sell you something i myself don't yet own (I have one for my video camera and i couldn't do without it, but i still have yet to purchase one for my camera. i think this has inspired me to go do so as soon as I can.)
oh, and yes, im not a big fan of the colored lenses for just that reason. they dont seem usable that often. |
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06/06/2003 07:52:57 AM · #5 |
Thanks Jason, I've considered buying a polarizing filter before, but didn't exactly understand when or where they should be used. Your description has cleared that up for me :)
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06/06/2003 08:08:42 AM · #6 |
A polarizing filter is a very useful piece of kit to have. Get one : )
It may not always cure your bleached skies problem though - I think this is more likely caused by setting your exposure based on a dark area.
If your camera has manual exposure settings or exposure compensation you should under-expose to maintain the detail & colour in the sky. This will likely mean you will have to do some tweaking in an editor later to brighten the dark areas up, but it's better than losing the sky completely in the first place.
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