Originally posted by cbrfreak Here are a few samples from yesterday. Maybe that will help for recommendations.
I appreciate all the help with this guys!
cbrfreak,
Like the images and subject matter.
Now onto the subject at hand. From your images it looks more like high haziness than overcast. However, the problems here are quite challenging even in the best of situations. First, the camera will have a very hard time nailing this picture even with perfect exposiure because the dynamic range between the shadowed gorge and the sunlit tree is too great for the camera to handle. There are solutions to cope with this problem.
1- Bracket (3 or 5 images...done automatically if you set the camera up to do it) the image you want to capture and chose the one that offers the best options in PP.
2- Tripod the camera and bracket, then perform HDR PP to handle and expand the DR of the camera.
3- On truly overcast days, where a lot of blue/cyan contamination will be seen in the image, set the camera for a specific white balance manually or chose the overcast option which will impart a red/yellow hue to negate the overcast tinge. This isn't always perfect but it is easy to correct in PP in the color correction menu.
4- On bracketed images you can cut and paste the portions of ezch image that you like into one finsished and polished image. A lot of work to say the least but I have had to resort to it on an occasion or two myself and it does work.
When photogrpahing waterfalls, I prefer the sky to be as overcast as possible.
Longer exposures result and the water looks smoother; the sky is less washed out and the contrast can be controlled at home with software.
Good luck going forward
Stephen
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