Lens Hood vs Overexposure
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Post a photo here so that we can tell you what exactly is wrong.
I have a feeling the dynamic range of the scene is too great for your camera.
I have a feeling the dynamic range of the scene is too great for your camera.
Hi TS, overexposing has no real direct relationship with the lens hood. The main function of lens hood is to help eliminate stray light. Overexp/Underexp depends on the metering technique. It would be more helpful to look at how histogram works. But do keep in mind that some scenes exceed the dynamic range of your camera..which means it would bound to clip some area of the scene.
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That's the whole point. If the difference between the darkest and lightest parts of the scene is too great, your camera can't nail the exposure in a single shot unaided.
The brighter parts of your photo need a very fast shutter speed to be "correctly exposed".
The darker parts of your photo need a slower shutter speed to be "correctly exposed".
Your camera can't correctly expose for everything in one photo.
Can understand?
Most of the time yes.
But there are ways to correct the uneven exposure in some situations, by using a GND. Do a search on that, there are many threads that talk about GNDs.
Hope this helps
Overexposure is due to the sensor unable to capture the dynamic range of light. For better dynamic range, use film. Film has a lot higher dynamic range than digital sensors. Else do more digital blending or HDRI.
Polarizer will bring out more contrast and reduce glare, but is of little help in dynamic range. GND may not help that much also unless its more of a landscape shot with clear horizon.
Polarizer will bring out more contrast and reduce glare, but is of little help in dynamic range. GND may not help that much also unless its more of a landscape shot with clear horizon.
the purpose of lenshood is shielding stray light from cast on the front element for causing lens flare, to improving image quality, it has noting to do with overexposed image or help to prevent overexposed.
That depends on the type of scene you usually capture.
For me nowadays i select the scene that i can capture and do minimal pulling of details just from raw for > 90 percent of my shots. Blending / hdr is just abit too laborious, and i think i am too lazy.
Apart from chasing high dynamic range, remember that contrast and disparity can be beautiful too. Not everything is about chasing and getting details from the brightest to darkest shades
ryan
Hi, In extreme cases where the light is uneven, camera metering(multi segment) can't take 18%grey even with EV compensation. Some cameras come with hdr which is handy in such cases.
Other than that, shoot at different angles to get the best composition.
Other than that, shoot at different angles to get the best composition.
I know. Not everything has to be edited laboriously via exposure blend. My answer to his question is that yes, processing is necessary most of the time, for "proper exposure", but proper might not always be pleasing.
That said, you might want to take a look at Photomatix if you haven't already done so, the blending is automated and relatively reliable- for the rare occasions that you wish to exposure blend in the first place
