Wisconsin

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[itchmesir]

From the Kickapoo Reserve this past Monday...

^^^^ Northern Spring Peeper?

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From the Kickapoo Reserve this past Monday...

What a dash of photo shop can do.

[eyeguy 54]

That's a cool little frog

[itchmesir]

What a dash of photo shop can do.

it's winter.. colors do not "pop" I like keeping my photos as close to natural as possible.. it's very easy to over do it with photoshop

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[hookncook]

Ich! what an awesome shot! I've been hearing frogs at night, hard to believe they are out in March, let alone getting a shot of one.

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Anyone have any tips on how to set your camera for snow. I can get some photos to turn out but many lack the bright white that is snow?

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snow gives me fits but water even more?

The guy behind the trout is clear but the trout lacks definition. Am I using the wrong focal point?

Any tips on water shots would be greatly appreciated/

[Dbl]

As far as exposing snow and just a basic explanation of how to photograph it. Keep in mind the meter in your camera is designed to see objects as a middle grey (you may have heard of an 18% grey card). When it sees a scene dominated with snow it does what it is supposed to, renders the snow grey by underexposing the bright white in the range of 1 to 2 stops under. Your shot above has darker objects such as the water, trees giving the scene a more "average" exposure.

The best way to compensate for that bright snowy scene is to add exposure compensation in the order of 1 to 2 stops over. There are many ways to do that, adjust ISO, change aperture, change shutter speed or use your exposure compensation setting, your choice.

Keep in mind a cloudy day or a scene not dominated by bright snow will change how much you need to change your exposure compensation.

Your question about water will be much the same as snow. Shooting into the sun off of water will also fool your meter much like snow will.

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thank you Dbl.

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my very first photo taken with a digital camera.

circa 1995

Was a 3.5 floppy disc camera and I knew zero what I was doing.

[hookncook]

seeing that you use a point and shoot camera, there's a chance that you cant change your ISO, FStop, and Aperture settings.

The best bet is to try taking pictures with the different "programs" that the factory has predetermined what you need already. You can try portrait, landscape, or sport to give your photos a more crisp feel. Also, check to see if your camera has an auto white balance. If it does, you should be able to change the settings of the white balance to remove some of the bleach.

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[jmd1]

what kind of snake is that?

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very big bull snake

[c0untryf1sh3r]

no kidding, that things huge

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