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[Crazy764]

Hi, do you guys know why the sky turned out so dark grey? (It was actually a very light blue today).

I used:

Canon 300D + 75 - 300 III USM
Av Mode
Aperture f/8
Exposure -0.3
Adobe RGB
Large Fine JPEG

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[Airbus_A320]

Just underexposed it appears. Try not using -0.3 on the exposure compensation.

If you shoot RAW that is an easy fix... Same happened to me when tried the -0.3 came out underexposed.... but it's easy to fix in RAW with no loss of quality.

[mikecweb]

[Airbus_A320]

....or you can use autolevels in photoshop...

[Crazy764]

Well, yeah, I know that I can fix it in Photoshop.

But I wanted to know what I did wrong when shooting the photo, to prevent making the same mistake again.

I guess I'll try no -0.3 next time.

[mikecweb]

lol.....thanks for telling me NOW $hit lick. Anyways it was curves not levels. and a jus the slightest touch of contrast. just a smidget...jus a lil lil bit. Barely noticable really. ok I'm done lol.

[LX-A343]

Easy test: on a day with nice blue sky, pick up your camera and watch thru the viewfinder. Make a 360° turn and keep looking thru the viefinder. Result: watch the blue sky changing colors from the bluest blue over grey to light grey (almost white) and back to blue. Even better: take at least some 8-10 pics that way and look at the results at home.

It depends on the relative position of the sun, compared to your foto-position and then of course also on meteorological things, like humidity for example.

Gerardo

[Crazy764]

Gerardo, so it wasn't really the fault of any settings?

Mike, sorry.

[LX-A343]

Let's put it that way: these things happen, but you can correct this with different white balance settings on a digital camera. I tend not to worry too much about it, as white balance can easily be corrected afterwards on the PC. I keep an eye to correct exposure, that's all.

Gerardo

[Crazy764]

Alright. Thanks.