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Q. Help with settings.

Asked by Daniel Blakely (K=25) on 7/9/2008

Hello,
I've been point'n and shoot'n my way around the world but I wanted to get more serious about taking good pictures so I bought a Cannon 450D ( I think it's the Rebel in the US ). It's my first "real" camera and I was wondering if I could get a pointer or two.

I'm mainly taking pictures in Asia now and the sky here is usually white ( not blue like Arizona where I'm from ). I think it's humidity but I'm not sure. The white sky makes the pictures look terrible. The colors look very "Lifeless" and the sky always looks over exposed. Here is link to one of my pics so you can see what i mean. http://picasaweb.google.com/Dan.Blakely/NorthernTaiwan/photo?authkey=AOK6f2MkRwQ#5196726385499391874

Is there anything that I can do to make this a little better? If I only take pictures on "Blue Sky" days I think I'll only get 1 or 2 pictures a year :)

Chelsea Burke

(K=5750) - Comment Date 7/9/2008

Some people have told me that fiddling with the white balance settings helps, but I get frustrated with that.

When you download your pics, what software are you using? I shoot raw files, and download them on the software that came with the camera, Digital Photo professional. On a picture like you show there, what often comes out of the camera onto the screen doesn't look like the scene I shot, so I tweak it using the tool pallette (select picture, view: tool pallette, use the sliders either side of the graph box, then go to RGB adjustment option at the top of the toolbox and bump up the contrast a tiny bit). There are several other options, but I very rarely use them. The example you showed of the building would benefit greatly from tweaking the exposure. If you're a purist and don't like the idea of "tweaking", keep in mind that digital isn't quite the same as film, and often requires a little help post-process.

Daniel Blakely (K=25) - Comment Date 7/10/2008

Thanks for the suggestions Chelsea. I'll tweak a bit to see if I can make the colors better. It does feel like cheating a little 8)

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