temple attempt...

[D60D60]

took this shot with tokina 12-24mm f4 , handheld.
sun direction was direct at me but still tried to control the exposure.

[ssping83]

curious how did you control the exposure.. do advise~ thanks!

[Gizmore]

HDR?

Or you push the levels for yellow up?

[lkkang]

best way to control exposure in this scenario is still using an ND grad filter.

[giantcanopy]

There is an unnatural halo around the temple outline. Maybe aura

A GND ( perhaps a soft step ) might still be amendable told hold back the sky with slight darkening of the top of the temple pending placement, and correcting the underexposure of the temple.

Ryan

[D60D60]

Originally Posted by lkkang best way to control exposure in this scenario is still using an ND grad filter.

Originally Posted by giantcanopy There is an unnatural halo around the temple outline. Maybe aura A GND ( perhaps a soft step ) might still be amendable told hold back the sky with slight darkening of the top of the temple pending placement, and correcting the underexposure of the temple. Ryan

thanks for helping me reply...

[kuantoh]

Sun is direct at you? U mean u r shooting directly into the sun or the sun behind the temple? Timing is the key to taking good photos. If the sun is behind the temple or u r looking into the sun, it would be best that you try a different angle or shoot at a different timing. If u r intending to capture the sunset with the temple, a GND would help.

[psychobiologist]

colors are wierd

[D60D60]

Originally Posted by psychobiologist colors are wierd

colors are an individual preference

[D60D60]

thanks for the input..yeah sun was behind the temple on the right side of the sky glaring direct. got only a quick chance to shoot this shot as tourist bus started to arrive & overcrowded the place...so no mood liao to shoot . heheheh.......anyways will definitely come back to do some nicer series

Originally Posted by kuantoh Sun is direct at you? U mean u r shooting directly into the sun or the sun behind the temple? Timing is the key to taking good photos. If the sun is behind the temple or u r looking into the sun, it would be best that you try a different angle or shoot at a different timing. If u r intending to capture the sunset with the temple, a GND would help.

[ZerocoolAstra]

Originally Posted by psychobiologist colors are wierd

it's 'weird', not 'wierd'

[D60D60]

this is funny but cool.......paying attention to details.........one of the many reasons why i find this forum amusing n entertaining

Originally Posted by ZerocoolAstra it's 'weird', not 'wierd'

[ZerocoolAstra]

I'm trying to figure out what you meant by "the sun direction was direct at me". I notice that the top-right corner is brighter than the left, so I assume the sun was in that corner of the sky. It seems to me like you shot at about mid-day, with the sun more or less directly overhead?

Looking at your picture composition, it'd be hard to achieve the right exposure even with a GND. Some parts of the temple might be incorrectly exposed. I doubt you'd have a GND that's shaped like the temple outline

Ultimately I guess it's more about the timing of the shot than anything. Sun in a different position would likely improve the shot much more than any filter could hope to achieve.

[ssping83]

Originally Posted by D60D60 thanks for helping me reply...

think they din help reply leh.. ha..

i am guessing you used HDR or something.. but i might be wrong.. i asked the question coz i've always faced problems shooting in such lighting conditions.. will lose shadow details / will have blown skies..

btw.. i do agree that the colours are somewhat weird.. a bit uncomfortable to look at..

[ssping83]

Originally Posted by ZerocoolAstra I'm trying to figure out what you meant by "the sun direction was direct at me". I notice that the top-right corner is brighter than the left, so I assume the sun was in that corner of the sky. It seems to me like you shot at about mid-day, with the sun more or less directly overhead? Looking at your picture composition, it'd be hard to achieve the right exposure even with a GND. Some parts of the temple might be incorrectly exposed. I doubt you'd have a GND that's shaped like the temple outline Ultimately I guess it's more about the timing of the shot than anything. Sun in a different position would likely improve the shot much more than any filter could hope to achieve.

yah.. din think gnd would have helped too.. dun have a clear horizon for the gnd to "work its wonders"..

agree with the "timing of the shot" remark you made..

[ZerocoolAstra]

thanks! Glad to know that someone agrees with me.
I'm also no expert. Far from it in fact. Feel free to correct me if I made a wrong suggestion.
My limited knowledge has been gathered from books, magazines, reading critiques of others' photos, etc.

[mamypoko]

good looking picture

maybe I'm a yellow person