On the bank

[kev]

Another shot from yesterdays wander, gone for mono, I think it works .

comments welcome

cheers kev

[THELONGMAN]

I like this a lot Kev, The only thing is could you bring a bit of interest in the white clouds above the trees, they seem a bit blown?

 

Geoff

[kev7d]

Nice view you caught there Kev. 

[colinb]

Blimey 3 kevs in one thread! 

Yup liking that one, a nice country scene.

[Denis]

Me too, just the right amount of mist. I do agree about the slightly blown clouds..a problem that I suffer with under similar conditions and damned if i know how to correct !

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[Ryewolf]

Great shot Kev.

Denis, you can use Exposure Compensation to try and compensate for such settings, usually the Exposure Compensation settings run from -2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3rd or 1/2half steps, if you choose a minus figure you're basically under-exposing - darks become darker as do the lights, plus figures mean you're over exposing lights become lighter and darks become lighter. For scenes like this one, the dark portions of the image fool the camera and so it over exposes for the dark areas meaning the lighter bits get over exposed or blown, so you would use a -EV. I'd probably use a - 2/3rds or -1 EV. But it really is a case of trial and error sometimes.

[ChrisLumix]

Agreed - but it's at least -3 EV to +3 EV these days. Which is pretty enormous scope if you think about it - a spread of 7 stops!

[Ryewolf]

My camera in Aperture Priority mode does a EV range of -5 to +5 in 1/3rd stops, so yes it's probably more these days. I must admit until 12 months or so ago I'd never used the EV compensation before, but it is very useful and now I use it all the time.

[Phil]

There are no blown highlights but maybe pull back the darks a little to recover the shadow detail.