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04/04/2004 03:46:11 AM · #1 |
I took a little road trip yesterday, and of course I brought my new camera :) (Canon EOS 300D). I wanted to photograph a waterfall I saw, with a long shutter (0.5 seconds, you all know what I'm talking about), but no matter what I did, the picture was always overexposed!
I was using ISO 100, aperture 29, (on a tripod of course) and still it was overexposed :( So what should I do in situations where there is too much light?? :) |
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04/04/2004 03:49:42 AM · #2 |
| Maybe try using an ND Filter. |
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04/04/2004 04:37:12 AM · #3 |
or a polarizer, worth about 2 stops!
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04/04/2004 04:56:37 AM · #4 |
wow, I was going to ask the exact same question, I've got it all the way up to F11 and mine are always way too bright.
I'll try a polarising filter, see if that works.
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04/04/2004 05:13:09 AM · #5 |
Don't meter on the water!!!!
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04/04/2004 05:23:57 AM · #6 |
A lot of times, I wait until just before dusk and then use a polarizer, since I don't have an ND filter yet.
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04/04/2004 05:31:12 AM · #7 |
this is pretty good advise if you dont have the mentioned filters.
meter on an area that is midway between the birght water, and the dark rocks.
Originally posted by banmorn:
Don't meter on the water!!!! |
ND filters are made for that kind of situation, a polarizer along with an ND filter is probably the combination you would want to use with bright water - and a long shutter. the ND filter will block some of the light, and the poalrizer will kill reflections.
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